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When bees visit flowers they suck nectar from the nectaries. They swallow it and store it in the honey crop. This is not part of the digestive system and no digestion takes place. As the bee swallows the nectar she (all worker bees are female) adds enzymes from glands opening into the mouth and these start breaking down the complex sugar molecules into simple sugars. For example, sucrose is broken down into glucose and fructose.
When the bee returns to the hive she regurgitates the nectar and passes it to one or more of the hive bees who will add more enzymes. The nectar may be passed from bee to bee several times before it is finally deposited into a honeycomb cell. The enzymes also combine with sugars to produce compounds which give honey its anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.
When first put in the cells, the nectar contains 80% to 90% water and if left like this would soon start to ferment. To prevent this the bees fan the cells with their wings and this air movement, together with the heat in the hive, evaporates the water. When it gets down to about 18% water the bees decide it is ready and cover the cell with a cap of wax. That is honey.
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∙ 11y agohoney bees make honey by collecting pollen from flowers and then they but the pollen in their mouth and twists it around their mouth and spits it in to a section of wall in their nest and they leave it to be collected by the men/women and gets put in to jars
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How do honey bees make the honey sweet?
Bees make the honey from nectar which is already sweet.
When was Bees Make Honey created?
Bees Make Honey was created in 1971.
Why do bees make honey in hot countries?
Bees make honey in ALL countries.
How do bees make royal honey?
Bees make royal honey by cross pollination.
What do bees and stores have to do with honey?
Bees make the honey, and stores sell it.
Are honey bees the only bees that make honey?
No, honey bees are not the only bees that make honey. The bees in question (Apis spp) just happen to be the most famous of the world's natural honey-makers. Other apian examples include bumble and stingless bees.
Are honey bees made out of honey?
They are called honey bees because they collect nectar to make honey.
Do honey bees make hives in the ground?
honey bees only make hives in trees and I see bees in the eves of the roof. honey bees only make hives in trees and I see bees in the eves of the roof.
What do bees make?
Bees make honey, and wax. The wax is used to make candles. The honey is used to make your tea sweet!Honey
Do any bees make honey other than honey bees?
Most bees make honey to feed themselves but only honey bees produce enough honey for a beekeeper to remove some of it in any great quantity.
Who from the bees makes honey?
It is the worker bees that make the honey.
Do bees make food?
Yes, bees do make their food which is honey. This is what they are famous for, honey.Yes, honey.
