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roducts

Bee Products

Beeswax Propolis Royal Jelly
(Bee Gum)
White creamy substance
It is the wax secreted by Sticky resinous secreted by head gland of
worker bees, Apismellifera
the waxglandofthe worker substance of a (Apidae)

bees, Apis mellifera complex nature

(Apidae)and collected gathered by worker

from bees,Apis mellifera

honeycomb of the (Apidae)

hive.

– • Myristyl palmitate Complex mixture of • Proteins
and amino acids.
(80%) plant products:
• Lipids and Fatty acids
• Cerotic acid = • Resins. (10-HDA =
hexacosanoic acid • Balsams trans-10-
• Flavonoids. hydroxydecenoic acid =
(15%)
• Phenolic • Royaljelly acid, 2%)
%) • Cerolein (aromatic acids.
substance) • Carbohydrates
• Pollen.
• Vitamins (B-
• Beeswax complex)

• Volatile oil.

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