What is royal jelly?

　　Royal jelly, also known as royal jelly, is a total nutrient paste substance secreted by the hypopharyngeal gland and Maxillary gland of the first age worker bees in the colony. It is the food used by bees to feed the queen and the life-long food of the queen.

　　Both the queen bee and the worker bee are female bees. The queen bee eats royal jelly for life, and its natural life is 6-8 years, while the worker bee eats honey and bee pollen, and its natural life is only 45-60 days except for the overwintering period; The body weight of the queen bee is 1.5 times that of the worker bee, with 1500-2000 eggs per day. The total weight is equivalent to the body weight of the queen bee, which shows the high nutritional value of the royal jelly.