Natural flower (bee) pollen

What is pollen?

Pollen (Latin pollen = dust meal, fine dust) or pollen is the male germ cells of flowering plants.

They also contain important genetic information and are used to fertilize the female flowers.

During insect pollination, the bee carries this pollen from flower to flower and thus helps the plant to reproduce.

When the bee visits a flower to collect nectar, it automatically brushes past the stamens so that the pollen sticks to its coat.

After it has moistened the pollen with nectar, it collects it in its pollen pouch and brings it to the hive for storage.

This pollen, which contains a variety of enzymes, vitamins and minerals, is compressed into small granules by the bees.

The production of pollen

When entering the beehive, the beekeeper collects some of the pollen with the help of a so-called "pollen grid". This pollen grid narrows the entrance to the hive so that the bee scrapes off some of the pollen with its pollen panties. The pollen is collected in a container underneath and harvested daily. For our sustainable pollen collection, it is essential that beekeepers only collect a small amount, as the bees also need the pollen to raise their brood.
The bee pollen obtained in this way ranges in color from creamy white to dark brown, depending on the origin of the collected plant pollen.

Origin

Our bee pollen comes from a very species-rich highland and mountain vegetation. This is why they have a slightly sweet taste and each spoonful has a unique composition.

Instead of monocultures, such as huge rapeseed or sunflower fields, the bees fly to wild flowers and flowering shrubs. Especially cistus plants (Cistaceae), legumes and roses.

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