The substances produced by bees are really unique and incredibly useful. The uterine milk which these insects raise a larva of future uterus is considered one of the most highly nourishing substances.
Instruction
1. The uterine milk represents the dense liquid having white color with a nacreous shade, a specific smell and sour-burning taste. When drying the uterine milk becomes yellow that is the main sign of its damage.
2. This substance, unique on the structure, is produced by bees when eating a perga – so-called bee bread which is formed in cellular cells of the pollen subject to fermentation at the expense of enzymes of bee saliva. Eating a perga, bees wet nurses develop a uterine milk in maxillary and pharyngeal glands.
3. We Obrazovyvayushchitsya uterineby milk of a bee fill a matochnik – a special wax cell where place the egg intended for removal of future uterus. The larva appearing from egg just bathes in a uterine milk which feeds it and protects from bacteria. The uterine milk is also in cells where working bees, however in much smaller quantity are brought. Besides, it differs in structure from a milk of matochnik a little.
4. Fats, proteins and carbohydrates are a part of a uterine milk. There are at it also various enzymes, amino acids, mineral substances and vitamins necessary for normal development of a queen bee. Among them: folic acid, thiamine, рибофлабин, nicotinic acid, vitamin C, phosphorus, silver, zinc, nickel, cobalt, calcium, iron, sulfur and others. Besides, the uterine milk contains hormones which influence development of ovaries of a uterus.
5. Considering such structure of uterine milk, it is no wonder that this nutritive matter of a bee raise the most valuable individual in their family. The immunity helps to strengthen a uterine milk and to cope with illnesses and to people. It is long since applied to treatment of cold, bronchitis and other diseases.