Royal Jelly is a male worker honey bee secretion that's utilized in the nutrition of larvae and adult queen bees. It is made by the glands within the "hypopharynx" of honey bees (workers), and fed to feminine larvae within the bee hive.
When the honey bees (workers) attempt to create a brand new queen bee, normally because the current queen is losing strength, or has unfortunately died, they single out a couple of female bee larvae and feed them on only royal jelly secretions in specifically made queen bee cells. This sort of intense nutritious diet mutates the larvae into a queen bee, known as "queen morphology". This creates a bigger, healthier bee that has the ovaries which are completely developed and functional, allowing them to lay many, many larvae to populate the hive.
ロイヤルハニーHow is It Cultivated?
The jelly is a secretion from glands within the heads of honey bees (workers), and is initially fed to all of the honey bee larvae, regardless of their intended role in the bee hive. They could be male "drones", sterile females known as "staff", or queen bees. The difference being after 2 or 3 days, the drones and staff larvae are not fed with jelly any more, only the queen bee larvae are continually fed this special nutritious substance throughout their initial stage of development.
Royal jelly is harvested by humans by disturbing colonies with movable frames inside bee hives to supply queen bees. The jelly is sourced from each and every queen bee cell once the queen bee larvae is 3 or 4 days old. The jelly is only collected from queen bee cells, this is due to the fact these are the only cells in the bee hive where a worth while amount of Royal Jelly can be found. Once the jelly is fed to worker honey bee larvae, they consume it right away, whereas inside the cells of the queen larvae, it is "stock piled" with royal jelly and the larvae cannot consume it all. Since the royal jelly can go bad if left to oxidise, it needs to be frozen immediately to preserve its nutrients.
