The Production and Processing of Honey
Honey begins as a tiny droplet of nectar (having only a very small sugar
content) in a single flower. The offering of this sweet treat is nature’s way of
tricking the bee into visiting the flower as it carries the pollen grains of
previously visited flowers, thus pollinating the flower. A honey bee may visit
as many as 1500 flowers before her honey sac (completely separate from her
digestive stomach) is full.
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