Propolvit

The queen bee is the only sexually developed female and there is only one queen bee whose main purpose is to reproduce. A queen bee is only fed Royal Jelly, lives an average of 3 to 5 years and can lay up to 200,000 eggs per year during her first 2 to 3 years of life. The workers are responsible for almost all the hard work required in the beehive: protection, building honeycombs, caring for the queen, storing, collecting nectar, pollen, and water, chewing nectar and transforming it into Royal Jelly and honey through enzymes, etc. The drones are the male specimens of the hive, they are the ones that fertilize the queen bee.

What is Royal Jelly?

Royal Jelly is the only food of the queen bee throughout her life. Royal Jelly is a highly nutritious substance that contains a unique combination of water (60-70%), proteins (9-18%), carbohydrates (11-23%), lipids (3-8%), amino acids, vitamins, and minerals.

The amino acids present in Royal Jelly total 29, of which 10 are essential amino acids: arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine. The 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid (10-HDA) is one of the most important lipids contained in Royal Jelly.

All varieties of Royal Jelly – pure, organic or lyophilized – must ensure the properties of Royal Jelly and that there is no industrial processing or additives. Pure Royal Jelly refers to the variety extracted and treated directly from the beehive; Organic Royal Jelly is cultivated in ecologically sustainable fields, where the bees collect nectar; and lyophilized Royal Jelly is pure Royal Jelly from which water has been removed.

What is Propolis?

The word propolis comes from the Greek: «pro» = before, «polis» = city, as the function of propolis is to protect the colony, sealing openings or small gaps in the hive, thus protecting the bees from the outside. Propolis is a natural mixture produced by bees that is obtained from the buds, buds, and sap exudates of trees and other plant sources.

Propolis consists of at least 300 compounds, including a high content of phenolic compounds (caffeic acid, cinnamic) and flavonoids (galangin, quercetin); it is one of the foods richest in flavonoids.

Natural supplements containing propolis are interesting during the change of seasons (arrival of autumn and winter).

When choosing a natural supplement with Propolis, two aspects are important: 1) a high flavonoid content, especially in galangin, and; 2) high purification that eliminates inactive substances such as wax.