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If you still haven't found a valid reason to believe that bees are unique creatures; you must not have heard of bee bread yet!

Bees continue to attract the attention of mankind since ancient times, both in their way of living and working and with the products they produce. These creatures, which came under the lens of scientists who left their mark on Albert Einstein, Karl von Frisch and Nikola Tesla in the 19th century, constitute one of the main focal points of modern science today. And bees prove once again that they deserve this attention with every new discovery about them! One of these discoveries is the miracle bee bread...

1. WHAT IS BEE BREAD?

Bee bread, also known as perga; A bee product produced by worker bees by fermenting the pollen collected from flowers with various processes. This product, which is the staple food of queen bees, worker bees and baby bees, is stored by bees in honeycomb eyes. Bee bread, which constitutes the first food of the baby bees that have just emerged from the pupa, can also be called "baby bee food" due to this feature. In addition, experts think that the food referred to in ancient sources as "ambrosia" (food of the gods) due to its unique benefits is bee bread!

2. HOW IS BEE BREAD PRODUCED?

In addition to its many surprising properties, bee bread also manages to attract attention with the fact that it is a substance that can only be produced by bees. So much so that this bee product, which has a miraculously powerful content and therefore unique benefits, does not resemble any natural or artificial food. However, it is desirable to imitate the content of bee bread by artificial synthesis methods and various mixtures; but it is also known that it has not been successful so far. Although the work on the production of artificial bee bread is already underway, it has not yet been completed. The entire process of bee bread production is known, but the recipe for this product remains a secret that only bees know for now! So, how does the process proceed on the part of the bees?


2.1. PRODUCTION STAGES OF BEE BREAD

The worker bees responsible for providing food to their colonies store the pollen they collect by traveling flower after flower in the pollen basket on their hind legs.

The worker bees that reach the hive; With the help of other bees, about two-thirds of the honeycomb eyes are covered with processed pollen and honey is added to the rest. This process is called "packaging".

Packaged processed pollen; honeycomb is naturally subjected to fermentation in the process of waiting in their eyes. In this way, the mixture in question turns into bee bread. 

3. WHAT'S IN BEE BREAD?

Bees receive help from more than 200 microorganisms to start the fermentation process required for bee bread production. In addition to these, various vitamins [provitamin A (carotene), vitamins of group B, vitamins C, D, E, F, K, P (rutin)], minerals (especially potassium and iron) and high-quality proteins in flower pollen are among the components that make up bee bread. In addition, various carbohydrates, all essential amino acids, essential oils, enzymes, pigments, oligo-elements and many more active ingredients form the cornerstones of this bee product.

Editor's Note: It is known that 100 grams of bee bread contains 13 milligrams of vitamin P (rutin). No natural food other than bee bread contains such high doses of vitamin P!

4. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BEE BREAD?

Are you ready to hear perhaps the most amazing of the information about bee bread? This bee product, which has a large number of active ingredients, is known to be a natural food that contains all the nutrients that the human body needs daily at the same time! Based on this information, it seems that the benefits of bee bread can be very broad.

5. HOW TO CONSUME BEE BREAD?

Pollen, which is a very valuable food for human nutrition even on its own, is fermented by various microorganisms while turning into bee bread. Thus, bee bread acquires on average three times more bioactive properties than pollen. Moreover, it is also known that the rate of digestion of bee bread in the human body is higher than pollen. So, how is bee bread consumed?

Bee bread in the form of tiny granules can be consumed by melting it in the mouth in its dry form. The ideal timing of this type of consumption is recommended half an hour before meals. Thus, the components in the content of bee bread can be absorbed even in the oral mucosa. However, a natural supplementary food can also be prepared by using 60 grams of crumbled bee bread with 1 kilogram of honey. If you prefer honey mixture between these two options, you can choose Balparmak honey varieties, which are analyzed with more than 100 parameters and registered for naturalness, with peace of mind!

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