Survey of consumer preferences on the bee product market. Part 2. Bee products

Survey of consumer preferences on bee product market. Part 2. Bee products. The aim of the work was to examine consumer preferences when choosing bee products. The research was conducted on the basis of the questionnaire presented in Part 1 of the article. Beeswax, propolis, bee bread were the bee products known to over half of the respondents. Education or work related to agriculture, animals and nutrition signifi cantly affected the knowledge of the properties of individual bee products. After learn ing the medicinal properties of bee products unknown to the respondents, 37.3% of them declared willingness to use inhalation with beehive air, 33.2% of royal jelly, 30.5% bee pollen and honey, 25.5% bee venom, 17.6 propolis, and 15.6% beeswax.