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How Bees Make Honey


The honey bee may only make one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her life time.

Nectar gathered from flower blossoms, are transformed into honey,
an essential food source for the honey bees.



From flower to hive the nectar is metabolize in the bee's "honey stomach"
Enzymes in the stomach begin to transform from the sucrose in the nectar into glucose and fructose. Enzymes also kill bacteria that may be present in the nectar.
At the hive , the liquid is passed from the forager bees to the younger house bees who deposits it into the honeycomb.

The liquid is then fanned by the constant beating of house bees' wings, evaporating excess water and completing the nectar's transformation into honey.

Frame of hexagon combs filled with honey and
becoming capped with wax, a sign the honey is ready to havest.