title: What are Apache Camel beans?
body: <p>I have very recently started working with Apache Camel. I have an OK grasp of components, endpoints, routes and processors and I have started learning some EIPs as well.</p>
  
  <p>However, I can't seem to understand what are Camel Beans. At first I thought they were just POJOs, but apparently they are related to Camel's registry and I am confused:
  <a href="http://camel.apache.org/bean.html" rel="nofollow">http://camel.apache.org/bean.html</a></p>
  
  <p>Could someone be kind enough to give me a "What are Camel Beans for dummies" definition?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance, Pedro.</p>