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Bee Products
Bee Pollen
Bee pollen then and now is described by some as “a life-giving dust”. Many athletes around the world sing the praises of bee pollen as an effective energy and stamina supplement. Bee Pollen is another bee product used in alternative medicine and sold by some health food stores as a nutritional supplement. Bee pollen’s ability to consistently and noticeably increase energy levels makes it a favorite substance among many world class athletes and those interested in sustaining and enhancing quality performance.
Bee Propolis
Bee propolis is used by bees to seal the hive.
Think of a natural way to cure infection without prescription antibiotics. The active botanical ingredients in bee propolis are believed to protect the hive and its inhabitants. Used by bees to create a sterile environment for the hive, Propolis contains a complex mixture of natural immune-building compounds. As well, Bee propolis boosts immune functioning, specifically by increasing the activity of phagocytes (killer cells). Propolis is also extremely high in plant compounds that have antioxidant, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties.
Bee Propolis is a resin collected from plants by bees and used in the construction of hives. Bees adopted sterilization habits long before humans. The most sterile place in nature is the bee hive. Propolis is the natural substance responsible for neutralizing any bacteria, fungi or virus which enters the hive. One of the most powerful foods found in nature, Propolis is a highly complex mixture of waxes, resins, balsams, oils and a small amount of pollen.
Propolis is taken by mouth or used externally to disinfect and disinfect skin irritations, cuts, rashes and bruises because it contains phyotonizides. Phytotonizides are believed to contain immunity factors, which when used internally, stimulates the body and gives it a natural resistance to diseases (a natural antibiotic). Propolis is especially rich in amino acids, important for immune system function.
The application of Propolis is borad like cancer, sore throat, infection of urinary tract, colds, influenza, etc. Propolis has great potential in the health field as a natural antibiotic.
Royal Jelly
Royal Jelly is a creamy white substance synthesized by the common worker bee only for feeding the Queen bee. Royal Jelly transforms the queen into an incredible insect, enhancing her phyiscal performance to unimaginable levels.
The young nurse bees make royal jelly, it is a secretion from glands on the tops of their heads. For first 2-3 days, all young larvae are fed with royal jelly. If a queen is desired, the hatching will receive only royal jelly as its food source, in order that she will become sexually mature and have the fully developed ovaries needed to lay more eggs for the hive. Feeding only Royal Jelly for entire life, the Queen could reach maturity 5 days earlier than worker bees and double the size of worker bee. The life span of worker bee is about 45 days however Queen Bee could live 5-6 years which is remarkable. During a season she might easily produce up to 2,000 eggs a day. Queen honeybees lay two kinds of eggs: fertilized, female eggs, which have two sets of chromosomes and develop into workers or queens, and unfertilized, male eggs, which have only one set of chromosomes and develop into drones.
This rich concentrated food is not just helpful for the bees. It contains remarkable amounts of proteins, lipids, glucides, vitamins, hormones, enzymes, mineral substances, and specific essential factors that act as biocatalysts in cell restoration processes within the human body.