How Bees Make Honey
A colony of honey-bees is like a small factory. These insects are at work every day to produce a product that may be familiar to you. This sweet, thick product is called honey. What most people don’t know is the story behind it all. There is more to the honey-making process than what meets the tongue. There are three main steps to the process. The first is gathering the nectar, second is enzymes, and third is evaporation. Honey-bees use nectar to make honey. Nectar comes from many of the flowers you see outside. It is made up of eighty per cent water with some complex sugars. Most flower nectars are similar to sugar water and made up of a mixture between sucrose and water.
