Is there anything more useful natural honey? Among beekeeping products there is a substance in which the concentration of medicinal properties is even higher. This is pollen or bee pollen. The second name reflects the method of collection: bees collect the yellow mass and carry it to the hive on their limbs.

By the way, bee pollen and flower pollen are not the same thing. At the end of the last century, people learned to collect a valuable substance without the participation of bees. On the one hand, this helped to reduce the cost of the product, on the other hand, it had to sacrifice utility. The fact is that during harvesting, bees moisten their load with saliva, which contains special enzymes. They are not in the flower mass, and the final product, accordingly, does not have such a healing effect. In addition, bees neutralize allergens contained in pollen, so the likelihood of allergic reactions from the body is reduced.

To maximize the shelf life of the bee pollen, it should be thoroughly dried immediately after collection. This procedure helps to increase concentration useful components in a smaller product volume. The yellow mass is poured into trays 1.5 cm thick and sent to an oven at a temperature of 40 degrees. Dries to a crumbly state. Strict adherence temperature regime necessarily, otherwise the destruction of important enzymes and hormones will follow. After drying, you need to get rid of impurities and litter; at home, this can be done with a fan or hair dryer.

The fresher the polish, the more useful properties it contains. Their concentration decreases by half by the end of the first year of storage, and after 24 months the beekeeping product does not represent any value for health.

The use of pollen is indicated for people with diseases of the cardiovascular system. Due to the ability to remove excess cholesterol, the substance improves the condition of blood vessels and blood quality. Taking pollen as an adjunct enhances the effectiveness of liver and pancreas treatment.

Using bee pollen, you can resist viral diseases, because it has an antibacterial effect. In addition, the substance helps to strengthen immunity, increase mental and physical activity... Special compounds support the body during hormonal disruptions.

Method of use

How much pollen can you consume per day? The dose for an adult is approximately 10-15 g per day. The substance is taken 2 times a day: in the morning and in the evening, half an hour before meals. It is advisable to do the second reception 4 hours before bedtime. Granules must be dissolved in the mouth until they are completely dissolved. The course lasts 1 month and is repeated 3 times a year.

Children should be given pollen after consulting a doctor. The daily dose at 3 years is approximately 4 g.

Contraindications for use are allergies, diabetes, frequent bleeding.

Storage location and temperature

For long-term storage bee pollen is poured into an airtight container. At home, it can be either a jar or a plastic bag, the main thing is to close it tightly to prevent insects from getting inside. The substance must not be compressed, otherwise it will "suffocate".

Do not store pollen in a warm and humid place, otherwise intruders cannot be avoided. Ideal storage conditions are a dark, dry place with a temperature of 0 to +14 degrees, so feel free to put the container with the clump in the refrigerator. The shelf life, subject to the aforementioned regime, is 2 years.

However, you should be aware that as a medicine, the beekeeping product is stored for a shorter period of time. The fact is that even in the most ideal conditions useful substances are lost over time, and pollen no longer has the value that was at the beginning of the storage process. For the treatment of diseases, it is better to use a bee pollen not older than 1 year. When buying from a pharmacy, pay attention to the period indicated by the manufacturer. If it is close to the end, it is better to abandon the purchase.

You can extend the shelf life of pollen by using a natural preservative. Mix it with honey in a 1: 2 ratio. At home, such a mixture will be an excellent prophylactic agent during the period of viral and infectious diseases. Pollen increases the concentration of substances valuable for the body at times, and honey prolongs the shelf life and improves taste qualities product. The mixture can be stored for up to 5 years in a cool, dry, dark place.

Important

• Pollen contains less nutrientsthan in bee.
• The older the pollen, the less valuable components it contains.

The benefits of a natural medicine in the form bee pollen obvious. If there are no contraindications for use, you can strengthen and maintain health by taking just 1 tablespoon a day. The main thing is to take care to keep the beekeeping product fresh as long as possible.

Your brownie.

Just like propolis and royal jelly, bee pollen has a lot of valuable and useful for human body substances and microelements. When flowers are pollinated, bees catch the pollen with their furry paws and carry it to the hive. Treated with secretions from the jaw glands, the pollen turns into bee bread and becomes food for the worker bees.

Bee collects pollen

Beekeepers have found a way to obtain this pollen so that people can use it in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic purposes... Pollen contains all the essential amino acids, vitamins, proteins and minerals. It is widely used in both traditional and non-traditional medicine. With a systematic approach, it can cure a number of diseases.

Collection, drying, and correct storage pollen affects it healing properties, therefore, all norms must be observed without fail.

Pollen collection can take place both with the participation of bees and independently. In the second case, you can simply pour pollen from the flower into a plastic container. However, this method is not recommended by beekeepers. If the bees have not treated the dust particles with their special secret, the product will not have its beneficial properties.

The best time to harvest is spring and summer. To collect the pollen brought by the bee, you need to install a special trap on the hives. Every time a pollen will fall into it when a bee flies inside.

Reference. It is necessary to collect pollen from the hive until the evening, you should never leave the product until the morning, because this way it will become saturated with moisture and deteriorate. In addition, the active hours of the bees last until lunchtime, after which the activity decreases. Therefore, it is easier to collect raw materials until evening.

From the hive, the polish must be moved into a small container. Plastic or glass will do better than metal: oxidation is likely. However, such a container will be intermediate, it has yet to be dried. And since the primary raw material is 20-30% water, it can be stored in this form for at most 24 hours.

Natural drying

This method assumes a specific time and environment. The principle is quite simple, but the conditions must be met as closely as possible. The collected pollen is spread in a thin layer up to 20 mm on clean sheets of paper or parchment in a room with low humidity and sufficient ventilation.

The room temperature should be no more than 45 degrees, and direct exposure to sunlight must be excluded. It is better to cover the top with a thin cloth or gauze so that dust does not get on the board and insects do not sit down. 3 times a day, the raw material must be mixed so that the drying is uniform.

This drying time usually lasts up to 5 days, depending on the initial water content of the product. Readiness can be recognized by sound. If you sprinkle dry pollen on a table, the sound will sound like a metallic clink.

Drying cabinet

This procedure is of a higher quality and more professional. Drying in a special cabinet significantly reduces the process time, and the raw materials do not need to be mixed. In addition, with such processing, the possibility of changes in temperature and humidity of the air is completely excluded, as a result of which pollen can lose its useful qualities... If desired, you can build a drying cabinet yourself.

Depending on the equipment, moisture is removed from raw materials within 1-2 days. Manufacturers usually indicate exact time... In such a cabinet, you can dry up to 10-15 kg of product at a time. The drying process is carried out using special infrared lighting, desired temperature supported automatically.

After the drying stage, you need to sift the product from excess litter and dust using a fine sieve, fan or hair dryer. Thus, it will be stored longer and will not lose its beneficial effects.

Pollen Drying Cabinet

Proper storage

Important. The shelf life of bee pollen, subject to all conditions, is no more than 2 years. So that the product does not lose its most valuable properties, you must strictly follow the storage rules.

The question of how to properly store ready-made bee pollen at home should be taken seriously. A storage container is best made of dark glass with a tight-fitting lid. The room requires relative darkness, dryness, cleanliness and a temperature of 20 ° C. If there is no special storage, then you can safely put it in the refrigerator. Cold helps preserve nutrients and prevents insects. Freezing of finished pollen is contraindicated.

Before you pack the product into jars, they need to be sterilized with alcohol or steam. So you can be sure that no bacteria will disturb the storage conditions of the pollen.

How to extend shelf life

Finished pollen can be preserved with honey. This method can extend the shelf life of your product up to 5 years thanks to the properties of honey as a natural preservative. At the same time, pollen will not lose its valuable qualities at all.

Beekeepers advise taking the ingredients in a 1: 1 or 1: 2 ratio. The mixture is placed in sterile jars that are closed nylon caps... The covers must be pre-treated with paraffin or wax.

Pollen storage

The benefits of canning

If you preserve the polish with honey, then you can not only extend its shelf life without losing its properties, but also achieve a number of additional advantages. Of all the advantages of this method, the following facts should be indicated:

• After conservation, the characteristic bitterness is eliminated.
• Mixed with honey, pollen will be much tastier and more pleasant. It will be much easier to feed children with such usefulness.
• In combination with honey, the healing properties of the pollen are enhanced.
• This mixture contains more vitamins and nutrients.

Conclusion

If all the rules and conditions for collection, drying and storage were observed, then in your jars for the near future there will be a small storehouse of colossal medicinal and simply useful substances for the human body. Such a lifesaver jar will stimulate the work of all organs, protect immunity, contribute to the general tone and will be useful for both adults and children.

Striped worker at work

Most people believe that bees are only excellent suppliers of honey. Many of them do not even realize, especially those who live in cities, that in addition to this valuable product, friendly striped workers produce from natural materials many other substances useful for human health. Among them are:

and many others useful products, the regular use of which has helped both adults and children.

As you can see, beekeeping is a fairly rich industry in healing substances. Among the above listed bee products, very important role pollen is removed. If there is some information about bee substance from meadow grasses, weeds, sunflower, then products from birch, pine and other trees are used less often, they are less studied. Although birch or pine pollen is used by folk healers in medicinal purposes several millennia, and its use has benefited thousands of people.

Among the many similar substances, pine pollen is probably not known to everyone. And in vain, since its usefulness for the human body is extraordinary. The reason for such unsurpassed treatment assistance various diseases - simple: composition and origin, which are interrelated.

Like any other pollen, the pine “version” of the substance is intended for one purpose: to fertilize female reproductive cells. She contains 27 different minerals... In addition, she contains enzymes, vitamins, amino acids, trace elements, which mean a lot for the full functioning of the human body. Scientists have not yet managed to create it artificially.

Pharmacists in many countries use the substance as a valuable storehouse of vitamins. On its basis, Swedish scientists, for example, created the medicinal drug "Cernilto". Traditional and alternative medicine doctors use the product to treat:

• diseases associated with the work of the digestive tract;
• pulmonary tuberculosis;
• prostatitis, prostate adenoma;
• oncological diseases;
• respiratory diseases;
• diabetes mellitus;
• diseases associated with the nervous system;
• cardiovascular diseases, since with its use the vessels become more elastic, the microcirculation of blood in the heart and brain improves. The presence of flavonoids contributes to a significant decrease in lipids and cholesterol. Therefore, she is very good at treating hypertension.

Pollen is a grain of pollen that is collected by striped workers on cross-pollinated plants. Sometimes beekeepers call it obnozhka or bee bread.

Flying from plant to plant, striped workers put the product in special "bags" on their legs, and then bring them to the hive. In order to remove this valuable product, beekeepers use pollen traps. Their device excludes the possibility of the passage of a bee if it has a pollen on it. Therefore, she must throw off most of the bee bread and only then go to her house. At the bottom of the pollen trap, there is a small mesh box where pollen lumps fall.

In one arrival, a bee can bring about 25-35 mg of the product, and for a whole season, about 6-8 kg of a substance can be taken from a bee colony without causing the bees the slightest harm... It is clear that the beekeeper chooses the strongest families for such work.

The collected pollen must be dried first. It is not recommended to dry it in the sun, as this can lead to the loss of part useful microelements... Therefore, it is best to place it in a warm, calm weather in the shade. Of course, now there are all sorts of devices and devices for the dehydration of products. But these devices are not suitable for such a too delicate and unusual substance.

Drying must pass naturally , which will ensure the complete safety of all useful ingredients... By the way, the concentration of these micro- and macroelements in any pollen is quite high. It should be noted that when vegetables and fruits are dehydrated, they remain in dried form about 10-11% by weight. After carrying out the same process with pollen, this product remains approximately 94-95%. Comments are superfluous.

Many do not know how to store bee pollen at home and constantly ask those who have or have dealt with the storage of the product. So, you need to remember about the high hygroscopicity of the product. Therefore, after drying, it is recommended to store it in well-ventilated, dry, dark places with a temperature not exceeding 40 ° C.

In addition, the most optimal conditions for storing this healing product at home is a half-liter glass jar filled with pollen and filled with liquid fresh honey... Why pour the substance? And the point is that at the same time the flow of air stops and the preservation period of such a canned product is calculated in years. Sometimes the product is poured icing sugarwhich is also sufficient effective way storage. It is recommended to mix preservative and pollen in a 1: 1 ratio. It is not recommended to freeze the bee product, as this can lead to the loss of some of the valuable ingredients of the substance.

Storage conditions and shelf life of bee pollen

The medicinal properties of bee pollen are much higher than that of honey. Due to the fact that the bees during the collection process it with their own enzymes, it is less allergenic of all beekeeping products. But the useful qualities of the foot can be quickly lost. Amino acids and vitamins are especially rapidly lost. This is due to the fact that after collection in the pollen long time bio chemical processes, as a result of which useful substances are lost. In order for this product to remain curative for a long time, it must be properly prepared and stored.

Collecting bee pollen takes place with the help of pollen traps. It is necessary to take the product from the pollen traps before the evening. Leaving pollen overnight can become damp.

In terms of composition, the polish is largely water. To preserve useful qualities during storage, it must be thoroughly dried. Usually beekeepers use drying cabinets. In the future, the shelf life of the pegboard will directly depend on the temperature conditions set in the cabinet.

If drying is carried out in a special room, then the following conditions must be met in it:

• darkness;
• airing;
• humidity not higher than 10%;
• temperature in the range of 20-40 ° C.

The collected polish is scattered on sheets. The layer is about 1 cm thick. Drying takes three days. It must be stirred periodically.

Dried, ready for storage, pollen has certain properties:

1. Becomes like lumps that are difficult to crush.

After that, you need to clean the pollen from litter.

There are more quick way drying the forage. To do this, use a vacuum, in which the product is dried for 2 hours at a temperature of 120 ° C.

Pollen. Storage

In order for the shelf life of a useful bee product to be as long as possible, dried pollen must be preserved immediately. It is best to use a pre-sterilized jar by closing it with a seaming machine.

At home, it is allowed to use another sealed container, for example, a jar with a ground-in lid or a bag. It is important that insects do not get inside. For the same purpose, do not store the polish in a warm and humid place. To create optimal storage conditions, the following rules must be observed:

Under these conditions, the polish can be stored for two years. Nai the best place for storage is a dark dry basement.

But it should be remembered that even if all storage conditions are met, the healing properties of pollen diminish over time. Thus, as a medicine, home-stored pollen is recommended to be used only for 1.5 years. When purchasing it from a pharmacy, you need to check the date of manufacture. Having noticed that the expiration date is running out, it is best not to buy this product.

Flower pollen in a jar

At home, you can extend the shelf life of the forage using a natural preservative.

1. Mix with honey in a 1: 1 proportion. It will turn out wonderful remedyused for colds and viral diseases. Honey is not only able to extend the shelf life, but also to improve the taste of the product.
2. Mix with powdered sugar in a 1: 2 ratio. Powder adsorbs moisture, extending shelf life, and also removes the bitterness inherent in bee pollen.

Canned pollen can be stored for up to 5 years. But you need to understand that healing qualities will still be lost. After six months of storage, about 25% of useful properties will be lost, and after a year - about 40%.

Correctly collected, harvested and stored bee pollen is an excellent preventive and therapeutic agent.

Extending the shelf life of bee pollen and storage conditions

To increase the shelf life pollen and save it medicinal properties, it must be kept in strictly defined conditions. Over time, the usefulness of the product is lost due to what happens in it. biochemical processes... There is a special harvesting and storage technology that allows you to preserve the healing qualities and extend the shelf life of pollen, even with the highest quality processing and maintenance.

How to prepare pollen for storage at home

To keep the footprint on for a long time it is important to collect and dry it correctly. The collection is carried out using pollen traps. It is necessary to remove the product during the day, otherwise it may damp at night. Moisture from the pollen must be removed to avoid the appearance of harmful microorganisms and insects in it.

Drying must be carried out in compliance with certain rules:

1. temperature from 20 to 40 ° C;
2. humidity no more than 10%;
3. darkness;
4. good ventilation.

At home, drying should be done on parchment sheets. The pollen is laid out on them in a layer of no more than 1 cm. It is necessary to constantly mix the pollen - at least once a day or more often. The process usually takes about three days... After drying, the pollen is cleaned of impurities using a sieve with cells of no more than 2 mm. For the best effect, you can use a fan or hair dryer.

The pollen prepared for storage is collected in dense lumps that do not crumple when pressed. If you pour it from a 20-centimeter height, the sound when falling will be metallic.

In industry, drying ovens are used, which speed up the procedure up to one day. Inside are created the necessary conditions, and also added exposure to air flow. Stirring is not necessary with this method.

For long-term preservation of qualities, it is important to know how to store bee pollen correctly. The leg that has passed necessary training, you can keep in glass jars or plastic bags... The container must be sterile. The product is poured into the jars to the very neck, leaving as little air as possible. After that, close tightly with ground or screw caps. It is important to prevent moisture from entering the board and ensure complete tightness.

There is no need to tamp the pollen, as this can lead to its deterioration. It is unacceptable to enter the container when preserving insects. If used tin lids, their inner surface must be lubricated with wax, since contact with metal causes undesirable chemical processes. After conservation, bee pollen is ready for storage. The necessary conditions:

• temperature from 0 to 14 ° C, optimum 9 ° C;
• lack of sunlight and other light;
• low humidity.

Thus, the best place to store canned cuttings is in a refrigerator or dry basement. Freezing is unacceptable, since during crystallization all useful elements collapse. And also it is impossible to store the product in a warm place with high humidity.

How much pollen can be stored depends on its purpose. Hermetically packed, subject to all the necessary storage rules, it retains its useful properties for up to one and a half years. Up to 2 years old, it is permissible to eat pollen. However, for medicinal use, it should be used as early as possible. During the first year, the concentration of nutrients is almost halved. If the expiration date of the pollen has expired or the storage has not been carried out correctly, the consumption of the product:

1. in best case will not do any good;
2. in the worst case, it can cause poisoning or disruption of the gastrointestinal tract.

The use of any expired product entails serious consequences for the body. And obnozhka is no exception. A healthy product fortified with vitamins can turn into poison. The health of the people who eat it depends on how to store pollen.

If there is a need to leave the polish for a longer period, you can mix it with other products:

• Honey is also useful for the prevention and treatment of many diseases, as well as maintaining immunity. If the pollen is mixed with it, observing a 1: 1 ratio, the shelf life of bee pollen in this case will be about 5 years. Honey is an excellent preservative and will help the forage retain its properties a little longer. This mixture is good remedy from viral and infectious colds.
• The pollen can last longer when mixed with powdered sugar. The substance helps to absorb moisture and reduces the feeling of bitterness. Sand and refined sugar will not work in this case, since they will not interact with pollen. For one part of the polish, 2 parts of powdered sugar are needed.

It must be remembered that even if pollen is stored in such ways, its beneficial qualities eventually fade away. Even if the product is edible for a long period, healing effect will remain the maximum in the first two years. However, the taste will not be lost in this case, the above compounds can be used as a treat until the expiration date.

Bee pollen is very valuable product by the content of vitamins, minerals and amino acids in it. It is widely used in medicine, as well as as a prophylactic agent. She has beneficial influence on cardiovascular system, improves blood circulation, enhances the effect in the treatment of liver, pancreas. All these qualities do not last long.

With the wrong content, all substances of value are destroyed very quickly. To obtain the effect, storage should be carried out in compliance with all the rules, and the use of an expired product is strictly not recommended.

If you have additional information about how else you can extend the shelf life of the bee pollen, we ask you to leave your comments. We are interested in your experience in this area.

If sturgeon is "second fresh", it means that it is rotten.
Freshness. Freshness and only freshness should be the motto of every barman!

"Master and Margarita"

Again, I didn't want to be caught off guard by another question. Answering others, and I myself recognize ...

Prudent Princess! A strict answer to this question seems to me rather difficult. And the point is this ... This is what the book "Tips for beekeepers" reports in the chapter "Preserving and storing pollen":

“... we studied losses biologically active substances in the clump during storage for 6 - 9 months after conservation ... The dominant influence of the plant species on the loss of biologically active substances has been established. For example, the loss of ascorbic acid for 9 months of storage ranged from 10% (cherry) to 62% (apple tree), catechins - from 3.4% (apple tree) to 49.5% (dandelion). Therefore, the shelf life of the peg should be set taking into account its species and intended use. "

In the book, we are most likely talking about pollen preserved by drying and placing in pasteurized hermetically sealed jars, stored in semi-darkness in the temperature and humidity conditions usual for storing most products. This is the most common way.

Obviously, if the species (from which plant species the pollen was collected) is not determined, or a mixture is present in an indefinite ratio, if the purpose of using pollen is not clear, or if this goal is to obtain the maximum full effect from the consumption of pollen for food, then in this case the fresher it is, the better. Modern technologies pollen preservation is likely to prolong shelf life, but they are not readily available to ordinary beekeepers. Therefore, after all, FRESH must become the motto of both the seller and the buyer.

If you eat bee bread, then you can at any time (in honeycombs whole year I store more), since its very natural purpose is to collect pollen for future use in a natural way.

And if you eat pollen, then as fresh as possible. How fresh is it? I think this period should be determined by the duration of the period of "activity" of the pollen of a particular plant species, and the duration of the period of activity - I don't know, I don't know ...

probably by the life span of a single flower or the entire flowering period of a plant. In the first case, the account goes for days, in the other - for weeks and months. This duration is different for different types plants.

Nowadays, the information and transport infrastructure has become so developed that there is an objective opportunity to get on your table really FRESH pollen from the type of plant you need.

However, this opportunity has not yet been realized, and if it is, it has not yet been distributed on a large scale. In order for this to happen, it is necessary, neither more nor less, to build an All-Russian People's Bee House. And apparently, this is the only way that gets rid of all kinds of obscurantism.

People's Bee in Questions and Answers (old site)
About the People's Bee (video of 2012)
People's bee from a bird's eye view. In pictures! (General scheme)
Well-Wishers Invitation (video)

• 1. Collecting pollen and preparing for storage
• 1.1. Pollen storage
• 2. Ways to extend the shelf life

The medicinal properties of bee pollen are much higher than that of honey. Due to the fact that the bees during the collection process it with their own enzymes, it is less allergenic of all beekeeping products. But the useful qualities of the foot can be quickly lost.

Amino acids and vitamins are especially rapidly lost. This is due to the fact that after collection, biochemical processes continue to occur in pollen for a long time, as a result of which useful substances are lost. In order for this product to remain curative for a long time, it must be properly prepared and stored.

Collecting pollen and preparing for storage

Collecting bee pollen takes place with the help of pollen traps.

It is necessary to take the product from the pollen traps before the evening. Leaving pollen overnight can become damp.

In terms of composition, the polish is largely water. To preserve useful qualities during storage, it must be thoroughly dried.

Usually beekeepers use drying cabinets. In the future, the shelf life of the pegboard will directly depend on the temperature conditions set in the cabinet.

If drying is carried out in a special room, then the following conditions must be met in it:

• darkness;
• airing;
• humidity not higher than 10%;
• temperature in the range of 20-40 ° C.

The collected polish is scattered on sheets.

The layer is about 1 cm thick. Drying takes three days. It must be stirred periodically.

Dried, ready for storage, pollen has certain properties:

1. Becomes like lumps that are difficult to crush.
2. When spilled onto plywood from a height of 20 cm, it emits a sound similar to a light metallic ringing.

After that, you need to clean the pollen from litter.

There is a faster way to dry the foil. To do this, use a vacuum, in which the product is dried for 2 hours at a temperature of 120 ° C.

Pollen. Storage

Pollen storage

In order for the shelf life of a useful bee product to be as long as possible, dried pollen must be preserved immediately. It is best to use a pre-sterilized jar by closing it with a seaming machine.

At home, it is allowed to use another sealed container, for example, a jar with a ground-in lid or a bag.

It is important that insects do not get inside. For the same purpose, do not store the polish in a warm and humid place. To create optimal storage conditions, the following rules must be observed:

Dark and dry room.

Temperature up to +14 ° С.

Under these conditions, the polish can be stored for two years. The best place for storage is a dark dry basement.

But it should be remembered that even if all storage conditions are met, the healing properties of pollen diminish over time.

Thus, as a medicine, home-stored pollen is recommended to be used only for 1.5 years. When purchasing it from a pharmacy, you need to check the date of manufacture. Having noticed that the expiration date is running out, it is best not to buy this product.

Flower pollen in a jar

Ways to extend the shelf life

At home, you can extend the shelf life of the forage using a natural preservative.

1. Mix with honey in a 1: 1 proportion. You will get an excellent remedy used for colds and viral diseases. Honey is not only able to extend the shelf life, but also to improve the taste of the product.
2. Mix with powdered sugar in a 1: 2 ratio. Powder adsorbs moisture, extending shelf life, and also removes the bitterness inherent in bee pollen.

Canned pollen can be stored for up to 5 years. But one must understand that the healing qualities will still be lost. After six months of storage, about 25% of useful properties will be lost, and after a year - about 40%.

Correctly collected, harvested and stored bee pollen is an excellent preventive and therapeutic agent.

To increase the shelf life of pollen and preserve its medicinal properties, it must be kept under strictly defined conditions. Over time, the benefits of the product are lost due to the biochemical processes taking place in it. There is a special harvesting and storage technology that allows you to preserve the healing qualities and extend the shelf life of pollen, even with the highest quality processing and maintenance.

How to prepare pollen for storage at home

To preserve the polish for a long time, it is important to properly collect and dry it.

The collection is carried out using pollen traps. It is necessary to remove the product during the day, otherwise it may damp at night. Moisture from the pollen must be removed to avoid the appearance of harmful microorganisms and insects in it.

Drying must be carried out in compliance with certain rules:

1. temperature from 20 to 40 ° C;
2. humidity no more than 10%;
3. darkness;
4. good ventilation.

At home, drying should be done on parchment sheets. The pollen is laid out on them in a layer of no more than 1 cm. It is necessary to constantly stir the pollen - at least once a day or more often.

The process usually takes about three days. After drying, the pollen is cleaned of impurities using a sieve with cells of no more than 2 mm. For the best effect, you can use a fan or hair dryer.

The pollen prepared for storage is collected in dense lumps that do not crumple when pressed. If you pour it from a 20-centimeter height, the sound when falling will be metallic.

In industry, drying ovens are used, which speed up the procedure up to one day. The necessary conditions are created inside, and the effect of the air flow is added. Stirring with this method is not necessary.

Storage conditions

For long-term preservation of qualities, it is important to know how to store bee pollen correctly. If properly prepared, the footboard can be kept in glass jars or plastic bags. The container must be sterile.

The product is poured into the jars to the very neck, leaving as little air as possible. After that, close tightly with ground or screw caps. It is important to prevent moisture from getting on the board and to ensure complete tightness.

There is no need to tamp the pollen, as this can lead to its deterioration. It is unacceptable to enter the container when preserving insects.

If tin lids are used, their inner surfaces must be waxed, as contact with metal causes unwanted chemical processes. After conservation, the bee pollen is ready for storage. The necessary conditions:

• temperature from 0 to 14 ° C, optimum 9 ° C;
• lack of sunlight and other light;
• low humidity.

Thus, the best place to store canned cuttings is in a refrigerator or dry basement. Freezing is unacceptable, since during crystallization all useful elements are destroyed. And also it is impossible to store the product in a warm place with high humidity.

Bee pollen shelf life

How much pollen can be stored depends on its purpose. Hermetically packed, subject to all the necessary storage rules, it retains its useful properties for up to one and a half years. Up to 2 years old, it is permissible to eat pollen.

However, for medicinal use, it should be used as early as possible. During the first year, the concentration of nutrients is almost halved. If the shelf life of the pollen has expired or the storage has not been carried out correctly, the consumption of the product:

1. won't do any good at best;
2. in the worst case, it can cause poisoning or disruption of the gastrointestinal tract.

The use of any expired product entails serious consequences for the body.

And obnozhka is no exception. A healthy product fortified with vitamins can turn into poison. The health of the people who eat it depends on how to store pollen.

How to extend the shelf life of pollen

If there is a need to leave the polish for a longer period, you can mix it with other products:

• Honey is also useful for the prevention and treatment of many diseases, as well as maintaining immunity. If the pollen is mixed with it, observing the ratio of 1: 1, the shelf life of bee pollen in this case will be about 5 years. Honey is an excellent preservative and will help the forage to preserve its properties a little longer. This mixture is a good remedy for viral and infectious colds.
• The pollen can last longer when mixed with powdered sugar. The substance helps to absorb moisture and reduces the feeling of bitterness. Sand and refined sugar will not work in this case, since they will not interact with pollen. For one part of the polish, 2 parts of powdered sugar are needed.

It must be remembered that even if pollen is stored in such ways, its beneficial qualities eventually fade away. Even if the product is edible for a long period, the therapeutic effect will remain for a maximum of the first two years. However, the taste will not be lost in this case, the above compounds can be used as a delicacy until the expiration date.

Outcome

Bee pollen is a very valuable product in terms of the content of vitamins, minerals and amino acids.

It is widely used in medicine, as well as as a prophylactic agent. It has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system, improves blood circulation, enhances the effect in the treatment of the liver, pancreas. All these qualities do not last long.

With the wrong content, all substances of value are destroyed very quickly. To obtain the effect, storage should be carried out in compliance with all the rules, and the use of an expired product is strictly not recommended.

If you have additional information on how else you can extend the shelf life of the bee pollen, please leave your comments. We are interested in your experience in this area.

Took a course for the treatment of chronic prostatitis. I did it as recommended at the Vesely Shershen apiary - 2 courses with a break. In the first month of admission, I felt some changes in the prostate, but the inflammation did not completely go away. When taking the second course, I began to feel much better. For 8 months now, the prostate is not worried. I am very grateful to you for your products and for the advice provided.

Ignatenko Vladislav

Artemovsk

Thank you Dmitry and Olga for your products, and especially for the eye drops. I have been suffering from glaucoma for many years. The disease is progressing, but thanks to your drops I feel that the progress has decreased and I see a little better. It is a pity that they do not cure this disease, but thank you very much for that.

Larisa Ivanovna

For a long time I was looking for suppositories for hemorrhoids on a natural basis, since in the pharmacy very often a chemical preparation is included in the suppository. I saw that in the family apiary the Cheerful Hornet only contains cocoa butter and propolis. I was very happy and immediately ordered. I was pleased with the candles - the problem has not been fully resolved, but the progress is significant.

Raisa Pavlovna

For many years I have already switched to natural cosmetics. I do some myself, taking information on the Internet, and I buy some. But from your nutritious cream, I'm just delighted. I use it constantly for both face and hands. And honey soap is the same now in our family is constantly. We will not exchange for a supermarket.

Kryuchko Valentina

Zaporizhzhia

Don’t miss you, Olga, for recommending the product - nastya wax moth. My child (a 7-year-old girl) was constantly ailing for bronchial firing and often spent an hour at a hospital, in which antibiotics were not given anything. I felt the shukati folk ways of treating bronchitis and knew you. My child felt less sick and easier to endure sickness. Also okremo dyakuyu for bjolin bee bread for immunity.

Kanonenko Olga

He suffered a serious crisis and suffered a stroke. My daughter found information that helps well with this problem to restore wax moth. Having called, we received advice that it is better to take a wax moth with a tincture of podmore as a course. And so they did. I have been accepting for 4 months now. Changes to the face. But for a complete recovery, I want to take another 2-3 months. Thank you and your bees for the good products.

Ivan Fedotovich

Dnipropetrovsk

As a nursing mother, when feeding a baby, there was a problem with lactation at 6 months. I read that Apilak based on royal jelly helps very well, but pure royal jelly has an even stronger effect. We ordered at the family apiary this product... And after 4 days of intake, the milk resumed in the required volume, and after 2 weeks of intake, I had to express the excess. I liked your product very much. Now I thought about the course of raising immunity. Thanks for the help.

Marina

Vasilievka

Many thanks to the bees and the Merry Hornet. I have been ill for many years diabetes mellitus... In addition to medicines and special nutrition, nothing helps in life. But I am an optimist and I try to do more healthy way life. Buying acacia honey from Dmitry, he advised to buy a tincture of beesworm to lower sugar. Not very trusting, I got it. And she did it for a reason. After 1 month, sugar began to rise less often (more often it was her own fault, since she did not follow the diet). I drank it for 3 months already. I feel much better. Something even appeared to be efficient. Dmitry, thank you very much.

Lakuta Valentina

Dmytro, thank you very much for the juicy dormouse honey and for the polished honey. They lived long ago, and all winter, our entire great homeland was not sick. Only onuk is not big. For the coming season, zazovimo zazdalegіd.

Dashko Ivan

I have been suffering from sinusitis for many years. As soon as they struck, he became a regular "client" of the hospital. When ordering honey at the Vesely Shershen apiary, I saw Stop sinusitis ointment and decided to try it, since the price was quite affordable. And after 2 weeks of use I saw improvements. With my chronic advanced sinusitis, I feel better. I recommend.

Pakhomov Sergey

He underwent treatment at the Vesely Shershen family apiary for the treatment of prostate adenoma. There was severe inflammation from hypothermia and the prostate was severely inflamed. And the doctors diagnosed an increase in the adenoma. After 2 weeks of taking the course, I felt that the inflammation was partially gone. And after 2 months of taking the inflammation disappeared. The adenoma did not decrease after the ultrasound performed at the end of the course, but there was no increase either. Thank you for your advice and help. In the near future I plan to take another course.

Igor Marchuk

After a year of treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis and drug resistance in the hospital, the doctor himself recommended trying wax moth tincture. I searched the Internet for a long time and stopped at the Vesely Shershen family apiary, where I received a full consultation and, after receiving the products, gave instructions for use. I was also interested in the treatment regimen for tuberculosis of a wax moth with propolis tincture, since I have not heard this anywhere else. After 3 months of admission, the disease turned into a closed form and by the 7th month the holes disappeared. Now, being already healthy, I drink prophylactically 3-4 times a year. Thanks for the second life.

Vladimir

My son has been suffering from psoriasis for many years and we have probably already tried half of the pharmacy's drugs for this disease. Almost all of them either have no effect or cause allergies. Subtracted that propolis ointment helps very well. After receiving advice from Olga that exactly 40% propolis ointment copes well with this disease, we ordered and were very pleased. Now we are saved only by her. And most importantly, there is an effect and there is no side effects of this product.

Kramarenko Irina

Dneprorudny

I constantly work on the street and in the garden. Hands are often chapped. I tried to use the Kremlin ointment as a cream. And I really like it. Now I order this ointment periodically from Olga.

Zhanna Ignatievna