Royal jelly is a special substance of the beehive. It is secrete from the 11-21
days nurse bees' pharyngeal glands after they eating large amounts of bee
pollen as the raw ingredients. The royal jelly is fed directly to the "Queen To
Be". Soon after starting this diet she is transformed into a larger, superior bee.
The queen bee matures one and a half times faster than normal bees. She
also grows 40% larger in size and weighs 60% more. During her life she will
lay over 3 million eggs, which weigh more than 3500 times her body weight.
She will live 5 to 6 years while the workers only live 7 to 8 weeks. All this is
possible due to the miracle of royal jelly.
The Composition of royal jelly contains the following: natural hormones, all
of the B-complex vitamins and it is rich in pantothenic acid. It also contains
nucleic acids, essential amino acids, essential fatty acids (especially Omega
3's), acetylcholine, lecithin, collagen and gamma globulin - a key component
of the immune system. Among all of the super foods, royal jelly is the most
intriguing, both nutritionally and effectively.