Royal Jelly - Gelée royale 

The queen bee is the leader of the colony and the only one allowed to reproduce. She can be fertilized and lay eggs just a few times during her entire life. Worker bees, the ones that collect nectar from flowers, are able to excrete a creamy, special food from glands on their head. The queen subsists entirely on this food. When eggs turn into larvae, the baby bees also eat this special food, nicknamed royaljelly, for 2-3 days. From their vulnerable state, they quickly develop into healthy and large bees.                    
No doubt, people noticed the almost miraculous effects that royaljelly has on bees and ascribed to it extraordinary powers since the queen lives 60 times as long as a drone and is usually twice as heavy. Thus, people began harvesting royaljelly from hives where honey was being manufactured as a nutritional elixir that promised robust health, healing, and extended youthfulness.

Among the long list of ailments that royaljelly is said to improve or cure are high cholesterol, arthritis, weak kidneys, fatigue, nervousness, sallow or rashy skin, thin or brittle hair, high blood pressure, allergies, and sexual dysfunction. Scientists know that royaljelly is mostly carbohydrates, proteins,16 fat acids also many microelements are present, as well as all B group vitamins, vitamin C, provitamin of A vitamin - carotene, pantotene acid.Royal Jelly is a yellowish, bitter, little acid liquid. If alkalised its various admixtures may be seen through microscope - pollen, wax particles, small parts of plant and so on., and it allows to distinguish true royal jelly from faked one.  

As a health tonic, our Royal Jelly is sold as pure to be ingested on a daily basis. Since it is rare and difficult to collect from hives, it is quite expensive.