Question

Which one of the following products of apiculture is used in cosmetics and polishes?
a. Honey
b. Oil
c. Wax
d. Royal jelly

Answer 1

Hint: Apiculture is a process of culturing beehives. Their products that are obtained, are used in day to day life. Honey bees provide an excellent source of honey and also in excess. Agriculture also serves as employment to various people. It is farming honey bees on a large scale.

Complete answer:
Apiculture provides a needed service and provides several products that people use and consume.

The service rendered by apiculture (also known as beekeeping) is pollination of fruit and vegetable bearing plants. Many plants have no other means or no other efficient means of pollination and rely on honeybees to pollinate them. So, the correct option is C – Wax

Apiculture’s main product is honey. Honeybees produce an excess of honey, more than they usually need, and humans love to consume. Honey is much better for people than refined sugar.

Royal jelly is also harvested from beehives and is used in medications and treatments to boost human immune systems, counter allergic reactions, is thought to aid Alzheimer's patients, eases menopause symptoms, treats osteoporosis, aids in healing wounds, and is even thought to improve male fertility

Honeybees produce beeswax, which is used in lip balm, skin moisturizer, furniture polish, candles, and as a lubricant for sliding furniture parts.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note: Honey Bees also produce propolis, a substance collected from tree buds and sap flows, mixed with beeswax, and is used by bees to glue the hive together, sealing up the cracks. People use propolis in several traditional medicines, especially for skin irritations, etc. Propolis is also used as an ingredient in varnishes for some stringed musical instruments.