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WORLD TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROPOLIS PRODUCTION

Roman Dvykaliuk, Leonora Adamchuk
National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine,
Kyiv, Ukraine; E-mail.: roman.dvykolyuk@delta-sport.kiev.ua
Propolis production in Ukraine remains at a rather low level, and methods are mainly
reduced to outdated: the placement of nets, grates above the bars of the frames or the
cleaning of hive elements from the propolis stored during the beekeeping season. Under these
conditions, human labor plays a significant role in the production of propolis, which greatly
reduces the economic effect of the production process. The aforementioned methods in
Ukraine receive from 80–100 g propolis per season from one bee family (Kryvyi et al., 2016).
This necessitates the search for other methods of obtaining propolis and the study of world
experience in propolis production. Its analysis will provide the basis for the development of
scientific opinion in this direction. Therefore, the purpose of the work was to study the main
trends and technologies of production of propolis in the world.
From the open part of the reports of various international consulting companies such as
QY Research and others, the world market of consumption of propolis will increase by 3.5 %
each year and by 2021 it will be approximately 2867 tons. The leading producers of this
product are Brazil, China, Russia; Processing leaders are Comvita (New Zealand), Laprell's
Beehive Products, Inc. (Canada), Sunyata Pon Lee (Brazil), Shaanxi Rebecca Bio-Tech Co. Ltd
(China) and others.
In South American countries with a tropical climate, special devices have been widely
used in the nests of honey bees. They have the short name 'CPI' ('intelligent' collector of
propolis) (Lima et al., 2015; Ikeda et al., 2016). The principle of their work is to stimulate bees
to cover the through holes of the device located in the hive wall with a layer of propolis, which
is subsequently collected by cutting, dried and packed, and collectors are returned for further
use (Breyer et al., 2016).
The countries of Europe with a moderate climate in the production of propolis use grids
of artificial materials, plastic gratings placed above the nest of bees. Increasingly widespread
becomes the use of nets made of such material as ethyl vinyl acetate, which retains its
elasticity at low temperatures. Such propolis production technology involves freezing
propolis devices for easier removal by bending them.
In Asia, the production of propolis is based on the use of metal plates with holes, which
are located on the side walls of the hive. Propolis-coated plates are cleaned from the outside
without interference in the bees' nest. To prevent the infiltration of pests into the hive, the
hole from the outside is covered with a wooden screen. Cleaning of propolis is carried out
using a metal blade.
Keywords: propolis, production, technology.

Acknowledgments
Author Leonora Adamchuk thanks the International Visegrad Fund (51910842) for the scholarship
and research internships, during which the results and knowledge presented in this paper were
obtained. The publication was prepared with the active participation of researchers involved in the
International network AgroBioNet of the Institutions and researchers for the realization of research,
education and development program «Agrobiodiversity for Improving Nutrition, Health and Life
Quality» TRIVE (ITMS 26110230085).

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