The Answer For The Commonly Arising Question, How Is Royal Jelly Made

In the previous post we were interested in the production of honey and I think now it is time to learn about royal jelly and its production.

How is royal jelly made is the first question that arises in everyone’s mind! Before answering this, let us first know about the royal jelly. Royal jelly is a secretion from the honey bee, which is used in the nutrition of larvae and adult queens. This secretion is done by the hypopharynx of young worker/nurse bee and is fed to the larvae that are present in the colony during the time, when the old queen is weakening or is killed.

The worker bees together choose one larvae from the colony during the death or the weakened condition of the previous queen and feed them with this royal jelly. This in turn triggers the development of the special queen cells. This feeding even causes the development of ovaries that are required to lay eggs.

If you are wondering about how is royal jelly made and secreted by the glands that are present in the head region of the bees then we will clear that doubt for you. Royal jelly is the key food that decides about the larvae whether it has to be a drone (male), worker (sterile female) or a queen (fertile female). The feeding of the royal jelly will be stopped once larvae changes to either drone or a worker.

The feeding of royal jelly to the queen bee will be continued in order to keep it healthy and fit to lay eggs and increase the colony. The continuous clearing of the royal jelly from the honey comb will be done since honeycombs are the only place where large amount of the royal jelly will be deposited. This is done so as to constantly feed newly formed larvae.