Step 1
Grafting
We move 12–18-hour-old larvae with a fine tool into artificial queen cups fixed on bars inside a special frame.
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From Bee Way apiaries
Local royal jelly with your favourite honey
Get to know royal jelly: how the bees make it, how we produce it in our apiaries, and what scientific studies say about it. Then choose your honey and how much royal jelly you want, and we will send it chilled for you to mix yourself, or mix it for you.
From our apiaries: Harvesting fresh royal jelly from the queen cups.
1What is royal jelly?
The food of the queen alone
Royal jelly is a creamy, white-to-yellowish substance with a sour taste, secreted by glands in the heads of young worker bees (the hypopharyngeal and mandibular glands). All larvae are fed by the nurse bees in their first days, but the larva that will become a queen receives royal jelly in larger amounts and higher quality, and the queen keeps feeding on it all her life.
This difference in food alone is what turns the same larva into a queen instead of an ordinary bee: she grows bigger and lives up to 5 years while an ordinary bee lives about 45 days in the active season, and she lays nearly 2500 eggs a day.
What is fresh royal jelly made of? Approximate shares
Water 50 – 70%
Proteins 9 – 18%
mainly the major royal jelly proteins (MRJPs), its most abundant component after water.
Sugars 7 – 18%
Lipids and fatty acids 3 – 8%
Minerals 0.8 – 3%
plus small amounts of vitamins and free amino acids.
10-HDA: A fatty acid found in nature only in royal jelly, making up about 0.75 – 3.4% of it, and used worldwide as a marker of its authenticity and quality.
2How is it made?
From larva to pot in 72 hours
Producing royal jelly is one of the hardest and most precise jobs a beekeeper does, which is why it is measured by the gram and is the most expensive hive product. These are the steps as we follow them in our apiaries:
Step 2
Bee care
We place the frame in a strong hive full of nurse bees, which treat the larvae as future queens and fill the cups with royal jelly.
After 68–72 hours
Removing the frame
After three days we take the frame out of the hive with the cups full of royal jelly, before the larvae grow.
Step 4
Removing the larvae
In a clean room with sterile gloves, we open each cup and remove the larva with fine tweezers.
Step 5
Harvesting
We collect the royal jelly from each cup with a small special spoon; each cup gives a very small amount.
Immediately
Packing and freezing
We pack it by weight and print the production date on every pot, then freeze it straight away until it is mixed or delivered to you.
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Why is the amount small and the price high? Each queen cup gives a very small amount, measured in fractions of a gram, and the work is entirely manual and needs strong hives and suitable weather. So be wary of cheap dried or imported royal jelly. Read: “royal honey” is a marketing term
3What do scientific studies say?
Benefits studied, without exaggeration
Here we gathered what systematic reviews and clinical trials in humans have found. Most of these studies are small and short and used royal jelly capsules, so we show the strength of the evidence for each benefit clearly.
Moderate evidence from an analysis of several trials Promising but limited results Early or inconsistent evidence
👶Early evidence
Fertility
Royal jelly is one of the hive products best known for fertility, and many of our customers ask for it for this reason. A review of animal studies found improvements in sperm count, motility and vitality, and an early clinical study of 54 couples (where the husband had low sperm motility) recorded a pregnancy rate of 33% with royal jelly compared with 41% with artificial insemination, with no clear statistical difference between them.
🛡️Moderate evidence
Antioxidants
An analysis of six clinical trials with 356 people found that royal jelly raised total antioxidant capacity in the blood and lowered a marker of oxidation (MDA).
Study details
No clear effect was seen on the inflammation marker CRP in this analysis. Doses used were 1–5 g a day for 4–8 weeks. [3]
❤️Promising results
Cholesterol
An analysis of six trials found lower total cholesterol, and a trial in 60 overweight adults recorded a drop of about 6.7% after 8 weeks.
🩸Early evidence
Blood sugar
An analysis of ten trials found a small drop in fasting blood sugar (about 4 mg/dL) in trials lasting 8 weeks or more.
🌸Promising results
Menopause symptoms
A randomised trial in 42 postmenopausal women (800 mg a day for 12 weeks) recorded improvements in anxiety and back pain compared with placebo.
Study details
Other symptoms did not differ from the control group, and the trial was small and funded by a manufacturer. [8]
⚖️Early evidence
Weight
An analysis of ten trials with 512 people found no overall effect on weight or body mass index.
Study details
A small drop appeared only in the group taking doses under 3 g a day, with weak evidence. [9]
🔬Early evidence
Immunity and biological properties
Lab and animal studies point to antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity, linked to royal jelly proteins and the acid 10-HDA.
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Good to know
Royal jelly suits most people, and for your peace of mind we suggest the following:
- If you are allergic to bee products or have asthma: Start with a very small amount, because some people are sensitive to it just as they are to other bee products.
- During pregnancy and breastfeeding, or with hormone-related conditions: It’s best to ask your doctor before starting it.
4Mixing and storage
The amount we recommend
per 500 g of honey5 – 10 groyal jelly
per 1 kg of honey10 – 20 groyal jelly
- 1We mix it when preparing your orderWe take the frozen royal jelly and mix it straight into the honey you chose until it is completely blended, with no extra fees.
- 2Keeps at room temperatureHoney preserves royal jelly, so keep the mixed jar in a dry place away from the sun, and do not put it in the fridge.
- 3Good for 3 yearsfrom the mixing date. Stir the jar with a dry spoon before use if you notice slight separation or natural crystallisation of the honey.
- 1Arrives chilled and separateWe send the royal jelly in its pot with the honey. Put it in the freezer as soon as it arrives.
- 2Take it out a few minutes before mixingLet it soften a little, and use a clean, completely dry spoon.
- 3Add it to the honey and stir wellStir until the colour of the royal jelly disappears and the mix is even, then close the jar tightly.
- 4Keep the mix at room temperatureJust like the jar we mix for you, away from sun and moisture.
5Make your mix
Choose your honey and the amount of Royal jelly
Local royal jelly price 3 JD per gram; mixing or sending it separately chilled costs nothing extra.
AHoney type
All the local honeys we currently have in stock.
BHoney jar size
CRoyal jelly amount
DPreparation
Scientific references
Sources of the information on this page
- Collazo N, et al. Health Promoting Properties of Bee Royal Jelly: Food of the Queens. Nutrients. 2021;13(2):543. doi.org/10.3390/nu13020543
- Sagona S, et al. Impact of Different Storage Temperature on the Enzymatic Activity of Apis mellifera Royal Jelly. Foods. 2022;11(20):3165. doi.org/10.3390/foods11203165
- Taheri S, et al. Effects of royal jelly consumption on inflammation and oxidative stress: a systematic review and meta-analysis of RCTs. Avicenna J Phytomed. 2025;15(4):1264-1278. PMC12244952
- Hadi A, et al. Royal jelly is an effective and relatively safe alternative approach to blood lipid modulation: a meta-analysis. J Funct Foods. 2018;41:202-209.
- Petelin A, et al. Effects of Royal Jelly Administration on Lipid Profile, Satiety, Inflammation, and Antioxidant Capacity in Asymptomatic Overweight Adults. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2019:4969720. doi.org/10.1155/2019/4969720
- The effect of Royal jelly on liver enzymes and glycemic indices: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Complement Ther Med. 2023. DOAJ
- Omer K, Gelkopf MJ, Newton G. Effectiveness of royal jelly supplementation in glycemic regulation: a systematic review. World J Diabetes. 2019;10(2):96-113. doi.org/10.4239/wjd.v10.i2.96
- Asama T, et al. Royal Jelly Supplementation Improves Menopausal Symptoms Such as Backache, Low Back Pain, and Anxiety in Postmenopausal Japanese Women. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2018:4868412. doi.org/10.1155/2018/4868412
- Vajdi M, et al. The effects of royal jelly supplementation on anthropometric indices: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis. Front Nutr. 2023;10:1196258. doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.1196258
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. About Herbs: Royal Jelly. 2022. mskcc.org
- Fathi Najafi T, et al. The Fertility Outcome of Royal Jelly versus Intra Uterine Insemination: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Study. Jundishapur J Nat Pharm Prod. 2021;16(3):e107420. doi.org/10.5812/jjnpp.107420
- Mohammadi M, et al. Investigating the Protective Effects of Royal Jelly on Sperm Parameters in Animal Studies: A Review. J North Khorasan Univ Med Sci. 2025;17(1):14-24. journal.nkums.ac.ir
The information on this page is for general education and does not replace medical advice. Royal jelly is a natural food product, not a treatment for any disease.
