When most people think of honey bees, they naturally think of honey but bees actually produce many other substances that can be used by humans. In ancient civilizations, these products were used as health care to treat ailments and wounds before western medicine was introduced. So do these products still have practical applications for us?

You may not be familiar with the term pulses to describe a food group, but you have likely eaten them. Pulses refers to the dried, edible seed of legume plants and includes 12 different crops. These plants have been grown specifically for their dried seeds, included in this group are dried peas, dried beans, lentils, and chickpeas. Pulses are such an important and impactful food group that the United Nations designated 2016 as the International Year of Pulses.