Apimondia Apimedica-Apiquality International Forum

Oct. 22-25, 2012

Zhenjiang, China

Dr. Jafar Jalalifar, Hossein Ghaem Sighrchian, Somayeh Darvish, Hossein Yeganehrad, Sayed Sayedi, Dr. Hassan Rahimi, Zainab Motallbbi,

Twenty-two years ago, some scientific articles written in Iran claimed that certain bee products, particularly pollen, could cure alcoholism.  We gathered groups of alcoholics in Iran and Dubai, and performed an experiment using not only pollen, but different combinations of bee products and observed the results. 

One group was given a mixture of n chromosome royal jelly, a combination of different bee pollen, and honey. Two other groups were given pollen and honey; one group of 13 individuals were given pollen from higher elevations from mountainous regions, the other group, containing 12 individuals, were given pollen from farms, orchards, and forests closer to sea level. 

The group that consumed the higher elevation pollen displayed greater improvements toward recovery when compared to the pollen from lower elevations.  However the group that consumed the mixture containing n chromosome royal jelly had the most success over a small period of time, reporting an increase in personal energy levels and better mental clarity. 

Bee venom was not used in any combinations in this experiment, but has the potential to increase positive results. Testing including bee venom in combination with other bee products will be done in the near future, to determine if it can help increase the recovery rate.

*N chromosome royal jelly was been published for the first time in Apimondia 2011.  N chromosome royal jelly is a combination of worker jelly and royal jelly produced from grafted half chromosome larva.