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.