APIS Volume 19, Number 3, March 2001
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... nformation on the material is found in the Apitherapy Reference Data Base <http://www.sci.fi/~apither/bibbase/bibliography.html#Propolis>. Propolis is complex stuff to begin with, and because it is collected by honey bees and not produced by them, it is extremely variable across geographic regions. Thus, to try to develop standards is a daunting task. A paper on "Standardization of Propolis: Present Status and Perspectives was recently published in Bee World (Vol. 81, 2000, No. 4, pp. 182-188). According to the authors from Bulgaria, V. Bankova and M. Marcucci, "A modern standardization of propolis should be based on plant so ...