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Which one of the following products of apiculture is used in cosmetics and polishes?

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Honey
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Oil
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Beeswax
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Royal jelly
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Solution

The correct option is C Beeswax
Rearing of honeybees is called apiculture. The most common products of apiculture include:
(i) Honey: It has high nutritive value and also finds use in the indigenous systems of medicine.
(ii) Bees wax: It is also produced by honeybees and finds many uses in industry, such as in the preparation of cosmetics and polishes of various kinds.
(iii) Royal jelly is produced by worker bees to feed the queen.

Oil is not considered to be a product of apiculture.

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