Bee bread

Bee bread

Bee bread or bee pollen-samcite web |title= Bee Pollen |first= Cathy |last= Wong |url= http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/herbsvitaminsa1/a/Bee_Pollen.htm |work= about.com |date= February 2 2005 |accessdate= 2006-09-23 ] is the main source of food for most honey bees and their larvae. Bee bread consists of honey and pollens which are gathered by the worker bees. A recent study of bee bread showed it contain 188 kinds of fungi and 29 kinds of bacteria.cite book |title= Microbiology |last= Black |first= Jacquelyn G. |year= 2004 |publisher= John Wiley and Sons |id= ISBN 0-471-42084-0] Bee bread is sometimes referred to as "ambrosia". ["Oxford Canadian Dictionary"]

Bee bread is used in naturopathic medicine traditions and as a nutritional supplement, although exposure may trigger allergic or anaphylactic reactions in sensitive people.

References


* [http://www.apitherapynews.com/ Apitherapy News]

* [http://www.betterbee.com/resources/sundancepollentrap.html Bee Pollen Trap for collecting bee pollen]


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