Royal jelly. What it is?

December 7, 2022

Royal jelly (apilactose) is a special food that honey bees use to feed queen larvae at all stages of development. The queen bee feeds on royal jelly throughout her life. On such a special diet, it acquires the ability to reproduce, grows 2 times larger than the rest of the bees and lives up to 6 years with an average bee life of 2 months. Royal jelly has a creamy color and creamy texture. It has a sweet and sour taste. The smell is pungent, characteristic. Royal jelly is produced by nurse bees. This milk is also called "royal jelly" because of its valuable properties and the laborious process of obtaining. In its composition, it is an analogue of mammalian milk, but in a more concentrated form.