METHOD FOR PRESERVATION OF HONEY BEES DRONE HOMOGENATE Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A23L3/05 A61K35/64 A61K38/43 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: drone larvae are separated from honeycombs. One performs pressing with subsequent adsorption of mixture of lactose and glucose into the raw product in the mixer. The prepared raw product is maintained in a sterile PET bag during 24 hours in the refrigerator. Then the raw product is arranged in a 2.0-2.5 cm layer on mylar substrates of IR-dryer screen trays; drying is performed with IR-rays during 4.0 hours at a temperature of 42-45°C in the "heating-cooling" pulse mode till production of dry crumbly clumps with moisture content equal to 10-13%. Irradiation time amounting to 5-7 sec corresponds to the "heating-cooling" pulse mode. The radiation source is represented by KGT lamps with IR radiation wavelength band equal to 1.2-2.4 mcm.

EFFECT: drone homogenate moisture content decrease, such homogenate biologically active substances preservation, reduction of microbiological contamination and decay prevention.