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Bee Pollen: How This Superfood is Harvested in Taiwan | Straight to the Source Ep.1

Bee pollen has increasingly gained popularity among superfoods for its rich nutrition and antioxidative properties. In Taiwan, harvesting bee pollen is a delicate and labor-intensive process. Right after the honey season, bee farmers move hundreds of hives up to the mountains, with each hive weighing 20kg. Before the moving process, farmers sedate the bees with smoke in order to prevent stings and other types of aggression. After the harvest, bee pollen is dried in low temperature for three consecutive days, a way of preservation and quality control. #beepollen #superfood #Taiwan #beefarmer #hive #honey #antioxidant #nutrition #supplements #mountain #harvest #yogurt #agriculture #origins ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 🌏 TaiwanPlus | Taiwan to the World Breaking news and original programs. All things Taiwan at your fingertips. Visit our website » https://www.taiwanplus.com 📱 Connect with TaiwanPlus » Like us on Facebook: https://tw.plus/facebook » Tweet us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/taiwanplusshows » Follow us on Instagram: https://tw.plus/instagram 🇹🇼 About TaiwanPlus TaiwanPlus is the premier international media platform providing English-language news and entertainment from Taiwan, at the heart of the most dynamic and fastest growing region on Earth.

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as bees shuttle between flowers the hair covering their bodies brushes pollen off from the flowers which is then stored on their hind legs loads of pollen are carried back to the hive to be served as [Music] food bee farmers use pollen collectors to get bees to drop their yields Outside The Hive entrance then like the pollen in the tray pollen is a whole food rich in nutrients it's now used in health supplements to help enhance immunity and boost antioxidants [Music] [Music] having completed the
honey Harvest bee Farmers prepared to move the bees up to the mountain with pollen season just around the corner they'll need to move these 200 hives within a [Music] [Music] day [Music] bee Farmers first smoke the bees to calm them down bees need to stay relaxed if the farmers are to avoid being stung during the moving [Music] process [Music] [Music] [Music] the bees are moved from the lowlands to an elevation of 1,150 m a round trip takes 1 and 1/2 hours hours moving 200 hives requires four t
rips meaning that today they'll be working till [Music] midnight one Hive weighs about 20 kg this is labor intensive work [Music] [Applause] [Music] we [Music] [Music] we just as sunlight begins to permeate the forest the bees are ready to go to work in order to collect pollen bee Farmers must get up before 6:00 a.m. despite working until midnight the day [Music] before [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] to prevent the yields from getting moldy the collected pollen must be dried at low t
emperature for 3 days during the drying process it needs to be turned over repetitively to ensure the quality [Music] [Music] [Music] up pollen is the essence of a flower the perfect natural food when our bodies lack nutrition pollen gives us a nutrition boost no wonder it's so [Music] popular [Music]

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