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Clearly, bees can have no “advance knowledge” of such subjects as the
knack of mummification, the ingredients and production of the antiseptic
substance or how it can be used—much less that their own bodies have
developed a system to manufacture this. Bees cannot think out all these
details for themselves. Neither can they have possibly learned these
processes, which require intelligence and knowledge at every stage, by
chance, since chance cannot lead to conscious, rational behavior.
All this shows that bees must have been taught to carry out all these
processes by another Intelligence. All of this has been inspired in bees by
God, the Creator of all beings. Like everything else on Earth, bees submit
to God, the Almighty Lord and Absolute Ruler of the universe:
Exalted be God, the King, the Real. There is no deity but Him, Lord
of the Noble Throne. (Surat al-Muminun: 116)

The Diverse Uses of Propolis
Bees also use propolis in the construction of their hive, employing this
material to repair crevices and holes in the walls. Moreover, in some vol-
canic regions such as in Salerno in southern Italy, where temperatures
often get very high, it has been observed that the addition of propolis into
wax, the raw material of the combs, raises the melting point of the wax so
that the combs do not melt. 23
When it comes to the collection and dispersal of propolis, there is a lit-
eral division of labor among the bees in different parts of the hive. A
propolis-bearing bee returns to the hive in a different way than one carry-
ing pollen. The pollen-bearer looks for an empty cell in which to deposit
its cargo. But the propolis-bearer goes to a construction zone where this
substance is needed and shows to the other bees what it has collected. If
the workers need propolis, they approach the bearer and take as much as
they need from its basket. They then immediately mix it with wax, form-
ing a sticky adhesive that they use in the construction process.
The striking point is that the propolis-bearing bee does not become in-
volved in the construction work, but waits for its fellows engaged in the
task to relieve it of its load. Every member of the bee colony has its own
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