Bees never use bee pollen in its original form
The bees never use the bee pollen they collect in its original form. They always blend the pollen with their body fluids to digest & ferment them in combs.
Recommended reading :
http://www.fao.org/docrep/w0076E/w0076e10.htm
http://www.fao.org/docrep/w0076E/w0076e00.htm#con
An in-depth understanding of bee & hive products will allow you to separate facts from marketing gimmicks.
Look for the rare fermented bee pollen aka perga (the real bee bread)
Zambia source :
http://www.thepropolispeople.co.za/pollen.htm
http://www.apitherapy.co.za/daily_beebread.htm
Germany source :
Apopharm G. Muller
Im Altenschemel 52
D-67435 Neustadt-Speyerdorf
Germany
Tel +49-6327-507-444
fax +49-6327-507-446
info@apopharm.de
Germany source :
ALLWEX Food Trading GmbH
Auf dem Sande 1 - D-20457 Hamburg - Germany
Amtsgericht Hamburg Nr. B 27 500
Geschäftsführer: Hartmut Schreiter
Tel. +49 40 36 27 12, Fax +49 40 37 22 72
E-Mail: info@allwex.de, Homepage:
http://www.allwex.de
I lost the Romania source
China source :
Tianjin Xinghan Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd.
Add. 15-1-102 Aolin Garden Tanggu Tianjin China.
Tel. 0086 22 25347582
Fax. 0086 22 25347583
Email: dingfeng@vip.163.com
Figure 3.6: Beebread, fermented pollen, is stored in open cells (lighter cells). Usually it is found near or on the brood combs, between honey and brood. Harvesting usually destroys the associated brood and comb.