Connoisseurs of beekeeping products know the benefits of bee pollen and its derivative bee bread. Most of them know where to buy these products from the hive. However, not everyone understands where these valuable foods come from.
How is Bee Pollen Obtained?
Bees collect pollen from flowering plants, which they roll off with their legs, use their salivary glands to fix it in special "pockets" on the third pair of legs, and carry it to the hive for further processing. During the flight, the pollen is enriched with all the enzymes and other useful substances contained in the insects' saliva.
In order to collect pollen at the entrance to the hive, beekeepers install a pollen collector, which is designed to collect excess bee pollen from bees at the entrance to the hive. This device consists of holes with a diameter of approximately 5x5 mm. As the bees passed through 2 rows of such grids at the entrance to the hive, they lost most of their burden. The pollen fell into a container placed under the bars.
How is Bee Bread Made?
After the bees bring the collected pollen to the hive, they tamp it into specially designated honeycomb cells, pour honey on top and seal it with wax. In a completely closed cell, lactic acid is formed, under the influence of which the mixture ferments until it turns into a new bee product - bee bread.
In order for bee bread to serve the human body as a unique source of nutrients, it must be of high quality and mature, professionally dried, peeled, and free of wax, moths.
There are several ways to extract bee bread from the hive:
cutting out the bee cells from the frame and grinding them in a conventional meat grinder is the easiest way, but the appearance of
of this product is not very appetizing, so it is usually not sold in this form, but mixed with honey;
frames with honeycombs are frozen in the freezer, after which they are broken in such a way as to separate the wax from the bee bread. This method is labor-intensive and requires certain skills, so not many people manage to repeat this procedure at home;
using special beekeeping equipment to extract bee bread. This method is the most expensive, but it guarantees a pure granular product.
Bee bread has powerful stimulating properties and prevents premature aging. Natural antioxidants in its composition stimulate collagen synthesis and deactivate free radicals that destroy cells.
For men, bee bread is useful because it improves the composition of semen and increases the viability of sperm. With regular use, it improves erectile function and increases sexual desire.
In women, it restores the menstrual cycle, increases the chances of conception, and removes the symptoms of toxicosis.
