The uniqueness of Brazilian propolis

There are many countries can produce propolis, but because of the difference of  geographical environment, natural ecology, plant growth conditions and bee species, the ingredients of propolis will be different. so the quality and effect of the propolis will have a big difference.

● geographical environment

Brazil is located in eastern of South America; the area is 8.5 million square kilometers. Brazil has the world's largest jungle - the Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Rainforest which stretches thousands of miles, is the world's largest tropical rainforest and is well known as the "lungs of the Earth", the area is 50% of tropical rainforest of the earth. The total area of Amazon rainforest is 6.5 million square kilometers, and 74% (4.8 million square kilometers) of Amazon rainforest is located in the Brazilian territory, this area is bigger than Western Europe. Its crown of plant species in the world, there is a wealth of available plant sources for bees to collect the propolis, and the Brazilian longer summer is more suitable for plant growth, so the bees can collect better propolis than anywhere.

● The Unique plant species

Brazilian propolis is mainly produced from eucalyptus, rosemary. The biggest difference between Brazilian propolis and the other propolis is that there are no poplar species plants in Brazil, so the chemical composition of Brazilian propolis is very different to the other propolis, this determines the uniqueness of its efficacy.

● Unique bee specie - Brazilian killer bees

In addition to the geographical environment, gum source plant, Brazil also has its own unique bee species. In 1956, the researchers from the University of Sao Paulo, introduced 35 units bees from Africa. these bees are ferocious violent, aggressive, and very toxic. The researchers wanted to transform them to be the prolific bee and to adapt the local living environment. But unfortunately 26 units bees was escaped. After the escaped African bees mated with the local Brazilian bees, A strong fertility, highly toxic hybrid bee - Brazilian killer bee was generated. The bees make the nest very early, and build many new hives; the amount of propolis which they collected is from ten times to several ten times than the other kind of bees. In the jungle, the climate is hot, the air is humidity, bacteria, pathogens most likely to breed, the bee will produce a stronger propolis to protect the hive, themselves and their larvae. In other words, the more harsh environment which the bee stay in, the more stronger propolis will be produced. The Brazilian bee is the only bee specie of the world which no necessary to put the antibiotic into their hive to maintain the healthy. The Unique bee specie is an important reason which Brazilian propolis has a specific efficacy.

● The scientific collection and extraction process

In the mid-1990s, Japan, Taiwan and other countries and regions have set off the research of Brazilian propolis. This caused the Brazilian authorities attention, Several universities and other research institutes of Sao Paulo, Brazil, have increased the propolis research, and put more efforts in the development and utilization, and achieved remarkable results. The scientific research and investment of propolis from Brazilian Government, promoted the production technology of propolis. Since the early development of Brazilian propolis, combined with the attention and support of the Brazilian government, currently the Brazilian propolis extract processing technology is in the world leading level. The production of propolis exported to Japan, Taiwan, Canada, the United States and other countries. It is praised by customers because of its significant effect and reliable quality.

● What kind of Brazilian propolis is the best?

There are two varieties Brazilian propolis, one is green propolis, the other is brown propolis. The brown propolis comes from Paraná, the southern state of Brazil, and from Amazon River area which is in the northern of Brazil. The raw propolis of these places is reddish brown, dark brown and tan, they are brown propolis. The green Propolis is the best, the raw propolis is yellowish green, only is produced in the Minas Gerais State, where is rich vegetation, the main trees are the eucalyptus trees and rosemary trees. Green Propolis is the unique propolis in the world, it contains a special component called Artepellin C, this ingredient is the main component of anticancer drugs, so the effect of anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory of green propolis is the best.