What it is
Hive products gathered as tonics for millennia — pollen and royal jelly for vitality, propolis as a resin antiseptic.
Why your biology objects
Genuinely ancestral and nutrient-varied (amino acids, flavonoids, the royal-jelly proteins) — but the footnote is real anaphylaxis risk: royal-jelly proteins and pollen can trigger severe allergic reactions, especially in anyone with pollen allergy or asthma, and like honey they're not for infants. Variable in composition, so dose is imprecise.