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No, Honey is nectar afer the Bees have evaporated the excess moisture.
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Does nectar and honey mean the same thing?
No.
What do bumble bee eat?
Bumble bees live on pretty much the same diet as honey bees: pollen and nectar (the basis of honey).
Why are honey possums called honey possums?
The honey possum's name comes from the fact that it is nectarvorious meaning that it only eats nectar from flowers. Nectar is somewhat similar to honey in that it is sweet and it's about the same color as honey.
What is a bumblebees diet?
Nectar and pollen, same as a honey bee.
How do bees ferry water back to the hive?
They carry it in the honey crop, in the same way as nectar. They won't forage for nectar and water on the same trip.
What do bees eat beside nectar and honey?
Bees eat pollen as well as nectar and honey.
How do bees make nectar into honey?
It doesn't. Bees make honey from nectar. Pollen is used to feed the bee larvae.
How do honey bees get honey?
Honey bees get honey by sucking nectar out of plants. In the hive, this nectar is converted to honey. Different bees make different honey, so as you can imagine, there are a lot of different kinds of honey.
Do honey bees eat mud?
Honey bees do not eat mud. They eat nectar and pollen from flowers, as well as the honey that they make from nectar.
Which insects are attracted by sweets?
The sugar solution in plants that attract insects is nectar. Nectar is produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers or by extra floral nectaries. Nectar is the sugar source for honey.
Can honey be made without bees?
You could collect nectar and evaporate most of the water from it and you would have something not unlike honey, but you would be missing one important stage. When bees initially swallow the nectar it includes a little of their saliva, the enzymes in which break the more complex sugars in nectar down to glucose and fructose, so your 'concentrated nectar' would not be the same as true honey.
How do bees make honey from nectar?
They have a secrete enzyme in there mouth that when they they collect nectar and mix it with the enzyme it makes honey.
