How do Bee’s make Honey?

 How do Bee’s make Honey?

Bee’s are the only type of insects that are able to produce honey and have different types of breeds that can also make honey, the honey they make is delicious, sweet and nutritious to eat!

Firstly, bee’s have to find a suitable food source to be able to make honey. The food source the bee’s usually need is flowers. after they find a suitable, fresh flower to feed on.  Bee’s usually visit 5,000+ flowers a day and for bee’s to make 1 pound of honey. bees will need to visit 2 million+ flowers.

Secondly, after once the bees have collected the nectar from the flower they store the nectar in their stomach. enzymes then break down the nectar into fructose and glucose which is sugar. Once they arrive at their hive(home or base) they pass on the digested nectar to other bee workers by vomiting to each other’s mouth’s/by mouth connection.

Thirdly, the other worker will then place the digested nectar into one of the cells that is in one of the million honeycombs. They will then start to flap their wings to evaporate water from the nectar. The nectar then starts to thicken up and will eventually turn to honey soon enough.

Finally, following from the third step. the bees would then finish by covering the cells with a wax cap made by leftover sugar contents. Then the honey is finished and is ready!

As you can see this writing explains how bee’s produce honey, in reality it takes a lot of effort and time for bee’s to be able to produce honey. So make the most of it while it’s still there!