Royal Jelly / Bee Products Blog

I would like to recommend two books which are packed full of essential information on bee products. Rita Elkins’ “Healing from the Hive – Royal Jelly, Bee Pollen, Propolis and Honey”, is a good read and covers most of the essential information on bee products.

“Power of the Beehive” by J.S Taylor is also a good source of information and covers all four of the bee products in some detail. You can download a copy of “Power of the Beehive” for free, Here

Also highly recommended and an extract printed below – FACTUAL RECAPITULATION, GLEANINGS AND OBSERVATIONS ON ROYAL JELLY
Miami, Flordia – Copyrighted 1957
by Felix Murat

Whereby the Hippocratic Prophecy of rejuvenation is being unveiled.

THE NATURAL SUBSTANCE

Royal Jelly is a substance of the approximate consistency, color and appearance of condensed milk, has a cheesy smell and actually is the milk of the bees, a glandular secretion like the milk of the mammals.

It is secreted by the upper and lower pharyngeal glands, located in the head and thorax of the young bees, called the nurse bees, whose duty it is to nurse the Queen and newly hatched larvae. These glands become atrophic 15 days after the bees are born.

Royal Jelly is the miraculous food responsible for the mutation of an ordinary bee egg into a Queen of unsurpassed beauty, with a longer life span, a ratio of 50 to 1 compared to the ordinary bee — greater size and extraordinary fertility, while the bee coming from the similar egg is an undeveloped sexless female.

Although Royal Jelly was known for almost 200 years, it remained the food of the Queen bee, until a scientist conducted a series of experiments four or five years ago on various other insects with dramatic results. The life span of some of these insects increased 200 percent, while most of the others were increased by 30 to 50 percent, manifesting at the same time extraordinary reproductive activity.

EARLY RESEARCH

Other scientists followed these initial experiments, fed and injected Royal Jelly into other forms of life, including higher animals, which after several weeks’ treatment, these experimental specimens showed remarkable gains in growth, weight and sexual activity.

It was not, however, until the experimenters turned to man that the results created more excitement than all of the new drug discoveries.

Here are some of the facts and observations gleaned from works mentioned at the end of this account, also from newspapers, magazines and books of France and other countries, as well as private observation and experiments by the writer and associates.

1. The mutation of a common bee larva to a Queen.

2. The growth of the Queen to often three times the size of the bee.

3. The increase of the span of life of the Queen bee up to seven years, from the same type egg that ordinary bees are born, which live only approximately five weeks, or a ratio of 40 or 50 to 1. (Transfer this ratio to man, whose life span at present is approximately 65 years, and you will get the number of 2,500 years.)

4. The extraordinary fertility of the Queen, which can lay in 24 hours 2,000 to 3,000 eggs — which is two-and-a-half times her own weight — for long periods of time. To better illustrate, imagine a hen laying 60 to 70 eggs a day.

5. The unparalleled growth of the Queen larva, unequalled nor even approached by any living thing in nature, 1,000 times the weight of its birth in three days. (Just think! A human baby weighing five pounds at birth growing into a 5,000 pound giant in three days!)

6. Enormous reproductive capacity — the Queen lays in her lifetime over three million eggs — 2,200 times her own weight.

7. The doubling of life span of insects in whose diet Royal Jelly was added.

8. Increase of life span of Daphines by 200 percent.

9. Substantial increase of life span and size of mice and other experimental animals treated with Royal Jelly.

10. Hens doubled their laying.

11. Very old hens started laying again.

12. Very old roosters became again reproductive.

13. Chicks grew faster and started laying in 80 days, manifesting the powerful growing factor in Royal Jelly.

14. Reduced quantity of chick droppings, indicating better assimilation of food.

15. Royal Jelly is totally assimilable.

16. Women become fertile after menopause.

17. Impotent men become potent again.

18. Generally, Royal Jelly provokes in the system a rejuvenation of the cells by providing factors the system lacks, and those using it develop a great feeling of well being.

HISTORY

When these and other experiments and facts became known, and Dr. Bernard Desouches wrote a book extolling Royal Jelly as a prolonger of life, restorer of health, vigor and sex, enterprising French firms began selling Royal Jelly preparations to be eaten, drank, or injected, incorporated it in toilet preparations, eye remedies, foods, etc. (Royal Jelly Injections were authorized in France in 1955, after exhaustive studies in many hospitals and results of highest interest were obtained.) — (Apiculteur, April 1955.)

Soon the momentous discovery was picked up by other nations which began extracting and exploiting this elixir of health and well-being. In fact, the medicinal use of the food of the Queen bee has become a rage in France, Mexico, Greece, and many other countries, especially in those where the new drugs, vitamins, hormones, etc., are not manufactured, Royal Jelly very often supersedes advantageously most of these and, as it can be produced locally, physicians are prescribing its use, and druggists are promoting its sale.

The European press (1953 onward) carried many stories calling Royal Jelly the Food of the Gods that kept them eternally young by overcoming the factors of death.

Among the many usefulnesses claimed are the following: It increases appetites, tones and strengthens the skin, relieves weak and tired eyes, increases vigor and physical strength, helps women during critical periods of life, rejuvenates the aged, banishes fatigue, helps relieve and often eliminate pain of arthritis, renews power of memory, restores sexual energy, regenerates debilitated organs, helps nervous and vascular troubles such as Parkinson’s Disease, reactivate glands, acts as a glandular secretion, helps glandular disorders, is beneficial in nervous disorders, such as cerebral neuritis, and nervous debility, diabetes, asthma, sterility in women, impotence in men, and degenerative diseases.

The climax, however, that opened to science unlimited horizons, clarified and verified the mythical claims of Royal Jelly, came with the discovery by Professor Leonard Bordas, D.Sc. and M.D., that Royal Jelly is radioactive. This discovery shed light on the mystery of the transmutation and transformation of certain parts of the Queen bee during development from a larva into a Queen, such as: a) disappearance of the pharyngeal glands; b) elimination of pollen baskets; c) elimination of the mandibles; d) development of the ovaries; e) size; f) longevity; g) an orderly mutation; up to then unexplained phenomena manifested on the Queen bee that the other components in Royal Jelly, i.e., vitamins, hormones, proteins and minerals, could never produce alone.

COMPOSITION

A general analysis of Royal Jelly shows the following components: Moisture 60 to 70 percent, proteins 10 to 14 percent, carbohydrates 11 to 13 percent, fat 5 percent, other unidentified matter 3 percent. Any substance of this composition exposed to the conditions of the hive, heat 950 F, and humidity of 90 percent — the average constant in a hive — would spoil, yet Royal Jelly does not. In relation to this, attention should be directed to the phenomenon established for centuries, for the immunity of beekeepers to cancer.

Today, everyone is aware that cancer therapy is based on radiations — radium, X-rays, radioactive isotopes, etc. — it is evident, therefore, that traces of Royal Jelly and its minute radioactive element in crude dark comb honey and residues the beekeepers eat in great amounts, plus the venom with which beekeepers are constantly inoculated, strengthens their organism against the factors which produce cancer.

MODERN RESEARCH

Research has been conducted with various cultures of microbes like staphylococcus aureus, bacili coli, eberthella typhosa (Rawlins strain), bacilus mettiens, etc., by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Adding Royal Jelly to the cultures, all bacteria were dead in one minute, some in a few seconds. These tests established the fact that Royal Jelly is more powerful than carbolic acid, formalin and most other common disinfectants.

Any person conducting laboratory tests with bacteria will tell you that many of the components of Royal Jelly, whether vitamins, hormones or proteins, will stimulate these microbes rather than kill them. On the other hand, they will also tell you that the hardest microbes, viruses or their spores, will die almost instantly if exposed to radiations. Consequently, it is the radioactive component in Royal Jelly that is responsible for this bacteria-killing property which keeps it from spoiling, causes the changes in the larva of the Queen bee, and in the remaining insects and animals on which it has been tested.

The following bio-magnetic analysis of Royal Jelly was established by M. Guerillot. Numbers indicate the electromagnetic radiations: Carbon 833, Nickel 875, Silica 818, Cobalt 811, Sulphur 803, Copper 887, Manganese 872, Bromide 854, Iron 833, Gold 859, Platinum 853, Vitamin A 892, Mercury 877, Vitamin B 895, Lead 895, Vitamin C 932, Bismuth 847, Pantothenic 952, Uranium 842, Radioactive Product 1002

The analysis of M. Guerillot confirms eloquently the discovery of Professor L. Bordas.

A great part of the healing properties of Royal Jelly are due to the enormous content of some vitamins which, as known, are components of important enzyme regulation in the chemistry of the body.

The vitamin content of Royal Jelly follows: Anerurine 0.9 mg/100 gr dry matter, Riboflavine 2.p mg/100 gr dry matter, Niacin 11 mg/100 gr dry matter, Pyridoxine 5 mg/100 gr dry matter, Pantothenic Acid 51 mg, Brotin .04 mg.

So far, it has been impossible for chemists to synthesize an integral Royal Jelly. Although most of its components are known, some essential factors have not yet been isolated. (As proof, larvae fed with artificial Royal Jelly usually die.)

PRODUCTION OF ROYAL JELLY

Now, let us come to the production of Royal Jelly itself. In the first place, Royal Jelly is not manufactured by any person. It has to be stolen from the bees, in minute quantities after the bees are induced by beekeepers to produce it, by kidnapping their Queen; a painstaking process usually accompanied by the penalty of dozens of stings.

Royal Jelly is the result of teamwork and is produced only in a healthy colony, with the combined effort of from 40 to 80 thousand bees. The minute secretions of Royal Jelly are gathered and stored in the new Queen cells built especially for this purpose by the bees — or grafted by man — to create a new Queen and save the colony from extinction.

Under exceptional conditions and copious feeding, more than an ounce of Royal Jelly can be extracted from a colony of bees during a year, enough according to French Clinics and observations, to give a person two to four months of health, vitality and a feeling of well-being.

The present price of Royal Jelly ranges from $20 per ounce to $500, the average being around $50 per ounce. But, this is inexpensive when compared with some of the vitamins and hormones which, in their pure form, cost $500 per ounce or more — such as B2, etc., etc. Take a look at the label on your vitamin bottle. You will see, after the number, mc., which stands for micrograms, one microgram being one millionth of a gram, an ounce has 30 grams. You can readily see, therefore, that considering the 15 to 25 hours it requires to collect an ounce, Royal Jelly is inexpensive in comparison.

EFFECTIVENESS

“Le Petit Journal” of Montreal, May issue, reports that Dr. Lisi, the Pope’s (Pius XII) first physician, prescribed Royal Jelly in his treatment. During the ten months of his being under the doctor’s care, the secrecy of this was strictly observed. The Pope is no longer a young man — his 80th birthday was recently reported. He became ill in 1954 and at that time, three physicians attended him, Professor Ricardo Galeazzi Lisi — a famous advocate of natural remedies — Dr. Paul Nichans, a Swedish specialist in the implantation of live cells, and Professor Paolucci, one of the most famous Italian surgeons. Delicate surgical operations were performed, but those reporting the incident believe that Dr. Lisi’s administration of Royal Jelly was, to a large extent, responsible for the Pope’s improvement. He says, “I relied upon Royal Jelly without any hesitation and the result of its use was such that he is now in very good health.”

Later, Dr. Lisi reported this treatment to the Second International Congress of Biochemists.

These facts also appeared in other publications, such as the Buenos Aires Daily, the Buffalo Evening News, Todo — a Mexican magazine, and many others too numerous to mention. (A.B.J. September, 1956.)

A recent report from the Pasteur Institute, by Gaulherie and Langlade, indicates that Royal Jelly has antibiotic and bactericidal action against human tuberculosis.

At this time, it would be prudent to quote Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, who said, “When Nature opposes, everything is vain.” This will explain why on same cases the results are not as satisfactory as expected.

The French proverb, “Le mal vient a cheval et part a pieds” which means, “the evil comes on horseback and departs on foot” — it will be more appropriate in our time to say, “evil comes on a rocket and departs on foot.” With this thought in mind, do not expect an exhausted system, a hopeless nervous condition, to be cured overnight, but given time, Royal Jelly will help to do what other treatments have failed to accomplish. To such far-gone cases, however, higher doses — like one cc of Royal Jelly two or more times a day intravenously — has not been tried. Up to now, Royal Jelly has been and still is far too expensive, and no satisfactory preparation for this type has been produced, especially so since it must be administered fresh — within three or four days after the bees produce it.

However, experiments have proved that the radioactive factor in Royal Jelly disappears in about 10 days. By feeding larvae after that period of time has elapsed, they develop into bees instead of Queens, providing that the radioactive element responsible for the transmutation and the changes of the gene are gone. Also, after seven days Royal Jelly undergoes changes and must be kept under refrigeration. Further tests have verified that the hormones, vitamins, etc., do not alter appreciably, if kept at a low temperature or diluted in a proper medium, as for oral use. The best medium is honey in a 10 percent solution, a teaspoonful taken each morning, or twice a day, if refrigeration is not available.

Another utilization of Royal Jelly is in cosmetics. Creams, beneficial to the reduction of wrinkles, became a must with French women many years ago.

To be fully effective for injections in hopeless and emergency cases, however, Royal Jelly must be used within two to four days after the hive becomes Queenless — that is, after the removal of the Queen from the hive. The cost, however, of this would be, in many instances, prohibitive — perhaps $500 per ounce — since it would have to be taken in microscopic quantities and would involve the disorganization of 50 or more hives to obtain a single ounce.

Most of the experiments discussed in this account have been made with Royal Jelly kept under refrigeration — often several months old.

Finally, please remember that we are not dealing with a new or old drug that may produce side effects, toxicity, sensitivity, insensibility (except if taken intravenously without proper preparation for such administration) or other disagreeable symptoms, but with a very potent food which is 100 percent assimilable and will produce no harmful after-effects. It is rich in proteins, aminoacids, hormones, vitamins and possesses a wealth of minerals. It will bring health and a sense of well- being to those who make use of it.

Recently, in a Cancer Institute and through our advice and cooperation, a certain “factor” has microscopically been detected in Royal Jelly which has under laboratory tests been found to be reacting favorably against the malignant growth of tissue; experiments are now in progress, and the newly discovered “factor” is being given strenuous laboratory tests and the whole matter is under competent observation and study. We cannot disclose anything more at this early stage of experiments except that scientific work is being conducted toward isolating the said “factor,” detected by the microscope and other complicated laboratory tests, and that a nation’s top Cancer Institute’s release on the matter is forthcoming.