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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, considerthis fact:
You are attacking a flying pharmacy.
Mankind has mistreated bees for centuries, and ourignorance 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 acentre in the North York Moors which will study how bees can improve ourhealth.
Mr Fearnley predicts that the centre will create 10jobs in the heart of the National Park, at a time when the public sectorspending squeeze is making life harder for rural communities.
Mr Fearnley, who is the founder of Whitby-basedNature’s Laboratory, believes it would be the height of folly to take bees forgranted. His company is behind the BeeVital brand, which develops productsderived from bees.
The long term survival of the honey bee is in questionwhile researchers are discovering some “astounding medicinal properties forproducts produced by honey”, according to Mr Fearnley.
”Everyone now knows about the antibiotic properties ofhoney, but we have discovered that bees are collecting a chemical antidote toTrypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) but only in areas where sleeping sicknessis found,’’ he said.
“In tropical areas, where bees are seriouslychallenged by micro bacteria, they are collecting material that is highlyeffective against MRSA.”
If Mr Fearnley’s initiative succeeds, Yorkshire could become a global centre for the study ofbees.
He said yesterday: “Our vision is to develop aninternational focus for the better understanding of the medicinal values of beeproducts, or apiceuticals as we call them...
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