Antimicrobial activity of stingless

Antimicrobial activity of stingless bee (Trigona sp.) propolis used in the folk medicine of Western Maharashtra, India

Stingless
bees
are
a
group
of
eusocial
insects
belonging
to
five
different
genera,
viz.
Melipona
,
Trigona
,
Meliponula
,
Dectylurina
and
Lestrimelitta
which
play
an
important
role
in
pollination
(
Heard,
1999
).
All
these
genera
also
produce
propolis;
a
mixture
of
bees
wax,
plant
resins
and
pollens
which
is
used
for
sealing
their
bee-
hives.
Trigona
is
the
largest
genus
of
stingless
bees
found
exclusively
in
the
Neotropics,
from
Mexico
to
Argentina
and
in
the
Indo-
Australian
region
from
India–Sri
Lanka
to
Taiwan,
the
Solomon
Islands,
South
Indonesia,
New
Guinea
and
Australia
(
Michener,
2000
).
In
India,
five
species
of
Trigona
have
been
recorded
so
far
(
Gupta,
2008
).
Propolis
from
Trigona
sp.
(‘Pokhya
Mashi’
in
local
language,
Marathi)
is
a
popular
folk
medicine
used
for
treating
a
range
of
ailments
in
the
Western
Maharashtra
region
of
India.
However,
in
the
absence
of
any
scientific
study
on
its
chemical
com-
position
and/or
its
bioactive
properties,
the
popular
use
of
stingless
bee
propolis
in
folk
medicine
continues
to
be
based
on
empirical
knowledge

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