royal jelly
Noun
Meaning
a secretion of the pharyngeal glands of bees that is fed to very young larvae and to bees destined to be queens
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Examples
Bee bread is eaten by nurse bees (younger workers) who then produce the protein-rich royal jelly needed by the queen and developing larvae in their hypopharyngeal glands.
But bees destined to become queens are fed royal jelly until they're adults.
Royal jelly is superfood for bees.
• Royal jelly is loaded with minerals, vitamins, protein and pheromones.
Pyridoxine is the most prevalent B vitamin found in royal jelly and concentrations vary throughout the foraging season with lowest concentrations found in May and highest concentrations found in July and August.
I love taking royal jelly.