Apis mellifera royal jelly
Royal jelly from the honey bee Apis mellifera, secreted by young worker bees to feed the larvae and the queen.
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Facts
- Source bee
- Apis mellifera. A study in China compared royal jelly of Apis mellifera ligustica with that of hybrids of A. m. ligustica and A. m. carnica.
- Composition
- In that study, 10-hydroxy-trans-2-decenoic acid (10-HDA) was 1.78 ± 0.03% in royal jelly of A. m. ligustica and 1.89 ± 0.03% in royal jelly of the hybrids.