Propolis liquid is the format the tradition itself would recognise: high-potency propolis in dropper-bottle form, 30 ml of the hive’s protective resin ready to be dripped into warm drinks, gargled, or dabbed where wanted. It’s the most versatile bottle in Bee Health’s propolis family — and the smallest, which makes it the classic first purchase.

One liquid, three traditions of use

The label carries the old flexibility intact: four to five drops in half a glass of warm liquid to drink or gargle, once or twice daily — or applied externally with a cotton bud where the folk tradition always applied it. (It may stain, as resins do: mind clothing, and dose within the label especially in pregnancy.) That drink-gargle-dab range is precisely why grandmothers kept a bottle like this through every winter of the twentieth century.

What propolis is

Honey bees build propolis from tree-bud resins — blending resin, essential oils, waxes and bioflavonoids into the material that seals and defends the hive itself. It stands among nature’s richest bioflavonoid sources, with an unbroken record in European folk use, and “nature’s defender” remains its traditional nickname. Bee Health guarantees the bioflavonoids are naturally occurring with nothing synthetic added, and batch-tests every run for potency and quality.

What’s in the bottle

High-potency propolis in food-grade mono propylene glycol — a two-line label. Not recommended for anyone with a tree-resin allergy; bee-product cautions apply throughout. Store cool and dry, out of children’s reach. Food supplements complement a varied, balanced diet.

Liquid vs the rest of the family

The capsules are the taste-free daily; the winter mixture the honeyed household spoonable; the spray the handbag precision tool. The liquid is the purist’s multi-tool — strongest propolis character, most uses per millilitre, and the format the drops-in-warm-water ritual was invented for.

Frequently asked questions

What does it taste like? Resinous and assertive — the authentic propolis experience; honey in the glass is the traditional diplomacy.

Does 30 ml last? At drops-per-use dosing, a full season — small bottle, long career.

Can it really go on skin? External use is on the label — cotton-bud application, patch-test first, and expect the resin’s colour.

The winter-drawer hierarchy

Households that take propolis seriously develop a quiet system, and the liquid sits at its centre: the bottle that can stand in for every other format at a pinch — drops make a drink, a gargle, or a dab, as the evening requires — while the specialised formats do their single jobs better. Its concentration also makes it the economical heart of the system: a 30 ml dropper outlasts packets of lozenges at a fraction of the per-use cost. Start here if you’re new to the tradition; add the convenience formats once you know which rituals your household actually keeps. That’s how the propolis shelf has always been built, one winter at a time.

Warm liquid — how warm? Comfortable-to-sip, not boiling; treat the drops like honey’s cousin.

Why propylene glycol as the carrier? The food-grade standard for resin extracts — it holds propolis in stable solution where water can’t; declared plainly on the two-line label.

Alcohol-free? Yes — this is the PG-based extract, the family-friendlier alternative to old alcohol tinctures.

The stain warning — how serious? Resin-serious: dark amber and committed. Dose over the sink and keep it off the good tablecloth.

First propolis purchase — this or capsules? The liquid if you want the tradition entire; the capsules if taste decides — most households eventually own both.

Delivery in Malta & Gozo

€6 delivery, free over €40 across Malta and Gozo, or collection from St Paul’s Bay.