Antibacterial activity of bee products (bee venom & royal jelly) : An in-vitro study

ABSTRACT

Bee products namely royal jelly and bee venom provided by Bee Keeping Department of Myanmar were processed for their biological activity especially, antibacterial activity. The growth of 10 commonly encountered organisms were tested in media containing varying concentrations of bee venom and royal jelly. It was found that royal jelly and antibacterial activity on Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella dysenteriae, Aeromonas and Vibrio spp. whereas bee venom had antibacterial effect on one gram-negative bacillus (Shigella dysenteriae) and gram-positive cocci (Staphylococcus and Streptococcus spp.) tested.