You've heard of honey, but are you familiar with its pricy, milky white counterpart fit for queen bees? Here's what you should know about royal jelly.

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The simply named and intriguingly effective royal jelly is what separates queen bees from the rest. These lucky bees are selected by the colony during the larval stage and coated in the milky, ...

We’re currently dealing with winter conditions, but to warm us up, I thought I’d cover something we observe, but may not ...

Beginnings: “My wife’s grandfather came to Hawaiʻi from Japan to start a royal jelly company,” the Kaimukī High graduate says. Royal jelly is a secretion from worker bees that’s fed to all larvae in ...

Humans have been risking life and limb to steal honey away from bees for hundreds of years. For many, the sweet prize is worth the risk of a painful sting, and fortunately for most modern people, the ...

Researchers have discovered that honey bees are able to share immunity with other bees and to their offspring in a hive by transmitting RNA 'vaccines' through royal jelly and worker jelly. The jelly ...

One of the newest trends in natural health circles — royal jelly — is actually extremely old. In ancient China, it was called "the food of emperors." Over in India, rulers ate it to feel younger and ...

Royal jelly is a secretion honeybee workers make to feed larvae of future queen bees. All bees consume royal jelly, but once a queen is selected, workers then feed on pollen and honey, while only the ...

Researchers have discovered that honey bees are able to share immunity with other bees and to their offspring in a hive by transmitting RNA 'vaccines' through royal jelly and worker jelly. The jelly ...

Royal jelly is a secretion honeybee workers make to feed larvae of future queen bees. All bees consume royal jelly, but once a queen is selected, workers then feed on pollen and honey, while only the ...