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For niche uses, perceive Honey (disambiguation).
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How do bees make honey?
Honey is a wonderful, sweet substance created by busy bees. How do these little winged alchemists produce their liquid gold?
Why do bees make honey?
Honey is bees’ way of preserving their food so they have something to eat when there aren’t many flowers in bloom. Honey can be stored in the hive and consumed when needed. If bees stored nectar without turning it into honey first, it would ferment.
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What is honey made of?
Bees eat two types of food, both of which come from flowers. Pollen is their protein source, and nectar is their carbohydrate. Nectar is a sugary liquid produced by plants, with sucrose being the main sugar. Enzymes in the bees' honey stomachs break this down into the simpler sugars glucose and fructose. Honey also contains vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, and compounds from the flowers. The unique flavors, fragrances and colors of different kinds of honey depend on the type of plants the nectar comes from.
How honey is made
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Maximizing Honey Production