Abstract

Honey is a sweet substance composed primarily of carbohydrates produced by both sting honey bee and stingless honey bee. Sting bee honey and stingless bee honey shows great value of therapeutic properties. Some researchers reported that stingless bee honey has more antimicrobial activity than sting bee honey. The composition and therapeutic properties of both the types of honey were compared. Stingless bee honey has more unique therapeutic properties. Various studies result on sting bee and stingless bee honeys traditional uses and clinical applications such as antimicrobial, antibacterial, antioxidant, antiinflammatory, anticancer, treatment of eye disorders, wound healing, antidiabetic and fertility disorders were collated in this review article.

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