Amber was a symbol of luxury, even in prehistoric times. In places where natural amber was scarce, recipes for faux-amber ...

Here are some examples: Boswellia: A gum resin extract from the Indian frankincense tree, purported to have anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties. (4) Bee Propolis: A byproduct of bees made ...

We cut back our pine trees and sap dripped everywhere ... Other sap is known mostly because of the thick, sticky resin it contains. The tree uses this resin to seal off insects and other damage. Some ...

long-lived species and is one of the most genetically uniform forest trees, reaching heights of 60 to 150 feet. It’s latin name quite literally means the pine that secretes resin. Stands are typically ...

Scotch pine is one of the strongest softwoods and is therefore used for construction. Other parts of the tree provide secondary uses past timber. For example, it can be tapped for resin to make ...

The noted Roman historian Pliny the Elder wrote of it: ‘it is created from the resin of pine trees’ – an intuitive but almost accurate conclusion. Romans were very fond of amber and imported it from ...

The reference relates to resin from Scots pine trees resin being used for making candles in preference to using animal fat. Trees for Life An area of surviving Caledonian pinewood in the Highlands ...

Only the sap wood of the tree is penetrated by this method ... great that within the next fifteen or twenty years the resin yielding pine forests of the South will be wholly depleted.

Like mountain pine beetles, fire is native to western ... severing ducts that contain resin—the tree’s first line of defense. Ideally for the tree, the resin will simply flush the beetle ...

"Pine resin is like gasoline – once the tree catches fire it lights up like a torch." As climate change leads to higher average temperatures and more erratic rainfall, Europe is predicted to ...

The federal government has repeatedly denied that poor forest management contributed to the Jasper wildfire. Earlier this ...

Mountain pine beetle has a one-year life cycle ... the beetles to overcome the tree’s defense system. The tree will produce resin to try to push out the beetles, but too many beetles attacking ...