Bee pollen is a valuable apitherapeutic product greatly appreciated by consumers of natural medicine. Bee pollen is known for the potential it has within nutritional applications and the variable dietary benefits it gives. Bee pollen demonstrates a series of actions such as antifungal, antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, anticancer immunostimulating, and local analgesic. Beneficial properties of bee pollen and the validity for their therapeutic use in various pathological condition have been discussed amongst scientist, athletes, and health enthusiasts.

Bee pollen consists of the powdery substance that plants make to reproduce. The bees collect this on their legs and bodies and take it back to the hive as a food source. Bee pollen may also contain some flower nectar and bee digestive enzymes.