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Honey is made by bees from nectar. The process looks something like this:

1. A "field bee" gathers nectar from flowers in its honey stomach

2. The first bee passes the nectar in a mouth-to-mouth transfer to a second bee inside the hive

3. The second bee adds a shot of enzymes to the nectar and spits it into a cell in the honeycomb

4. Over the next few days to weeks, the nectar becomes honey as the bees fan their wings over it to evaporate the extra water and enzymes split complex sugars into simple sugars

5. When it's between 17% and 18.5% water, the bees close the cell with a thin cap of white beeswax

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