Royal jelly is a “thick milky”
substance that worker bees produce to feed the larva of workers
bees for the first 3 days.
Worker bees are fed a mixture of pollen and honey after the
3 days of Royal Jelly. However,
the larva which
the workers have selected to develop into Queens are continued to
be fed Royal Jelly by worker bees for 10 days
and the abundance of Royal Jelly is what makes the larva
become a Queen. Queen bees are made from the same kind of
egg that makes a worker but the egg fed more Royal Jelly produces
a Queen. It is the
Royal Jelly that makes a Queen a Queen.
The Queen Bee is about 45%
longer and 60% heavier than the normal worker bee.
She can lay up to 2000 eggs a day in the peak of the season
which all together weigh
approximately 2 ½ times her own body weight.
The Queen only leaves her hive to mate in the air or to leave
with a swarm. The Queen
can live up to 6 years but in most cases, she becomes nonproductive
by the 4th year and the workers then replace her by producing
a new queen. Most beekeepers , however, replace the queen
by the 3rd year or sooner to keep the hive strong.
We receive many inquiries regarding
lyophilized Royal Jelly (more commonly
called Freeze-Dried Royal Jelly).
There are a few companies on the internet that are posting
inaccurate information regarding Freeze-Dried Royal Jelly.
Durham's Bee Farm Royal Jelly is Freeze
Dried and the Highest Quality Royal Jelly on the market at a price
well below what many of our competitors sell it for. Many
customers ask us why is Durham's Bee Farm Royal Jelly so low priced.
The answer; we have NO middle men, few employees,
no chairman of the board to pay, No high dollar radio adds
to pay for. No high prices required like companies
that use multi-level marketing as their business model. Multi-Level
marketing requires a very high price so that sellers down the food
chain have enough incentive to sell the product. You
get the highest quality freeze-dried Royal Jelly direct from us.
Royal
Jelly is offered in one of two ways.
It is offered in its pure natural state that is like a thick
milky substance. This
form is very unstable and must be kept frozen or refrigerated in
order to preserve it. Because
of the instability of this form we do not offer it to our customers.
The
second form of Royal Jelly is an extract (powder or liquid form).
The powder extract is by far the most popular and is what
capsules contain. There
are two methods of achieving a powdered extract, (1) Freeze-dried
or (2) Spray-dried. Freeze-drying
the Royal Jelly cost more to manufacture but it is also the best
way because no food preservatives have to be added.
Freeze Drying the Royal Jelly removes all the moisture content and
contrary to what some Royal Jelly providers say, NO nutritional
value is lost in this process.
A
cheaper method of producing the Royal Jelly is to use a spray-dry
method. This method
involves diluting down the Royal Jelly and spraying it to achieve
a dried product. This
method requires that a food preservative be added to it and we do
not offer Royal Jelly manufactured by this process.
Even if the spray-dried Royal Jelly contains Honey is should
also contain a food preservative.
There
are Royal Jelly providers (non-beekeepers) that promote their product
because Honey is added to the product.
Although bacteria can not grow in honey, it does not serve
as a food preservative. Even
if the spray-dried Royal Jelly contains honey, it should still contain
a food preservative.
As
already stated, we get questions wanting to know why our Royal Jelly
is much lower than some other providers.
We are a family owned and operated business of more than
30 years. We do not
have a large payroll and we do not have any fancy marketing material.
All we have are top quality products offered at a fair price.
And because of that we retain 85% of our customers year after
year.
We
do not make false claims and will never do so.
There is a lot of material available that give details of
studies and benefits for all bee products including Royal Jelly,
Propolis, and Bee Pollen.
We have provided much of that information on our website
Your
satisfaction is our number one priority and we are confident that
you will find our products and service second to none.
WHAT DOES IT DO?
Royal Jelly has been shown to lower cholesterol levels when
taking at least 100mg per day. We have many doctors that have
used and recommended our products (some for over 20 years). There
is also a lengthy list of unsubstantiated uses for Royal Jelly (click
here to view)
HOW MUCH DO I TAKE?
The FDA has not determined any guidelines for taking bee products.
It is generally recommended that you take from 1to 3 (250mg) capsules
daily as a dietary supplement.
WHO SHOULD NOT TAKE ROYAL JELLY?
If you are allergic to bee stings that does not mean that you
can't take Royal Jelly. However any bee product can provoke
an allergic reaction in a susceptible individual. If
you experience any type of reaction we recommend you discontinue
use of this product and consult a physician.
