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Study of bees may be medicinal honeypot
13 September 2011; Yorkshire Post
The next time you feel tempted to swat a bee, consider
this fact:
You are attacking a flying pharmacy.
Mankind has mistreated bees for centuries, and our
ignorance means we’ve lost the chance to eradicate a host of lethal diseases.
With help from a team of Yorkshire-based bee lovers,
we could be about to get a second chance.
Entrepreneur James Fearnley plans to establish a
centre in the North York Moors which will study how bees can improve our
health.
Mr Fearnley predicts that the centre will create 10
jobs in the heart of the National Park, at a time when the public sector
spending squeeze is making life harder for rural communities.
Mr Fearnley, who is the founder of Whitby-based
Nature’s Laboratory, believes it would be the height of folly to take bees for
granted. His company is behind the BeeVital brand, which develops products
derived from bees.
The long term survival of the honey bee is in question
while researchers are discovering some “astounding medicinal properties for
products produced by honey”, according to Mr Fearnley.
”Everyone now knows about the antibiotic properties of
honey, but we have discovered that bees are collecting a chemical antidote to
Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) but only in areas where sleeping sickness
is found,’’ he said.
“In tropical areas, where bees are seriously
challenged by micro bacteria, they are collecting material that is highly
effective against MRSA.”
If Mr Fearnley’s initiative succeeds, Yorkshire could become a global centre for the study of
bees.
He said yesterday: “Our vision is to develop an
international focus for the better understanding of the medicinal values of bee
products, or apiceuticals as we call them...
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