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royal jelly

a substance secreted by the pharyngeal glands of worker bees and fed to all larvae when very young and to larvae destined to become queens throughout their development
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royal jelly

[′rōi·əl ′jel·ē]
(materials)
A protein complex high in vitamin B secreted by bees to nourish the egg of the queen bee; used in face creams.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Royal Jelly

 

a secretion of the mandibular and pharyngeal glands discharged by worker nurse-bees in special cells of the honeycomb (queen cells), in which the queen bees develop.

The bees deposit 0.2-0.5 grams of royal jelly in one queen cell. In order to secrete royal jelly, the nurse-bees need, besides honey, pollen or beebread. In dry form royal jelly contains 40-58 percent protein, 5-18 percent fat, about 26 percent sugar, and a number of mineral salts, as well as vitamins and other biologically active substances. The composition of royal jelly depends mainly on the pollen the bees are feeding on. Apilac, a preparation used in medicine and perfume, is made from royal jelly.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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