We collect pollen using special traps known as “pollen traps”. The bee entering the hive cannot fit through with its load, resulting in the pollen falling into the pollen trap and remaining there until it is collected.

Pollen is a product produced by bees from the male reproductive cells of flowers. Its composition is not constant as it can come from hundreds of different flowers. Bees fly from flower to flower collecting the pollen to which they add nectar and other secretions.

Returning to the apiary, the pollen is normally stored in the honeycomb where it is covered with a thin layer of honey and wax, thus creating the so-called “bee bread”. Bee bread, after anaerobic fermentation, is the main source of protein for bees. People collect the pollen from special pollen traps. Any foreign bodies are then removed, it is frozen or dried and stored in the refrigerator.

The taste and appearance of pollen varies depending on the flowers from which it comes. Thus, its color can range from light yellow to dark brown-black.