Quite recently beekeeping was mainly associated with honey. Today, honey is only one of many products acquired in an apiary, where pollen, beebread, bee milk and propolis are also produced. At present, flower pollen collected by bees has provoked in the world substantial interest. In order to fully appreciate the beneficial effect of flower pollen, one should find more about it. 
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Flower pollen is the bee product made from plants flowers, especially entomophilous, that is processed by bees. It is considered to be the main source of vitamins and protein, essential in bee nourishment. It contains a lot of vitamins of B type, monosaccharides and polysaccharides, amino acids in particular arginine. It plays the key role in treating coronary disease as it dilates coronary arteries. Similarly to nitroglycerin prevents creating clots. Pollen contains also other nutrients and active substances, including enzymes, plant hormones and fatty acids. That is why, flower pollen is sometimes called 'vitamin bomb'.
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Beebread is a combination of flower pollen, honey and secretion from bees' salivary gland. Such mixture undergoes fermentation process in the oxygen-free environment of a bee nest. Pollen, before being located in the cells of a comb, is enriched by bees with honey and digestive enzymes. Then, fermentation processes, similar to the pickling cabbage, take place thanks to which proteins of flower pollen disintegrate, creation amino acids and peptides.
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Propolis, known also as bee glue, is a balsamic -resinous substance that is collected by bees from flower bud secretion of variety of broadleaved and coniferous trees. Depending on the source, it has yellow-green, dark brown or almost black colour. It consists of many active substances that have strong antibacterial and analgesic properties. It accelerates cell metabolism and detoxify the system. It regenerates cartilaginous and bone tissue, as well as, skin cuticle what helps preventing scars.
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