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Royaljelly is called "the elixir of life".
It is very popular as a health food which is effective for rejuvenation and the annual consumption is increasing year by year.
Royaljelly is secreted by young worker bees and its component is completely different from that of honey.
Pollen and honey eaten by worker bees are digested and absorbed to be nutrition in bees' intestine.
And then, the nutrition reach the pharynx gland in the head through the spine to be stored as royal jelly.
Worker bees secrete royal jelly from their mouths as it is needed, and feed it to their queen bee and her larvae.
Royaljelly is a gland secretion of release type.
It is milk-white emulsion which has sour taste.
Because of the above, royaljelly has another name of "Milk for Queen". |