C.N.C. Bee pollen's popularity is rising as more and more bird owners and breeders are recognizing its great potential. Bee pollen contains many healing components and has been used for centuries as a source of nourishment. Today it is used not only for achieving better human health, but also to improve the health of our feathered friends. Bee pollen is a yellowish dust or grain collected by honeybees from a variety of plants. Pollen grains are the male seeds or reproductive cells of flower blossoms.
Honeybees have two jobs.
While gathering pollen as food for the colony, they are also responsible for the transfer of pollen to the ovaries of female flowers. This results in pollination. The bees fill their pollen baskets, located on their rear legs, with pollen from one blossom and deliver some of that pollen to the next blossom and so forth and this is how pollination takes place. The pollen is later taken to the honeybees' hives and stored for future use. Nutritional Value Bee pollen contains phytochemicals and nutrients.