{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/HEALTH/1/8/3696abf7588178ccbe6dacd8aa27c187/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Leonids"}},"markdownRemark":{"id":"3a948f8a-3387-51fa-8405-2455fa8a2944","excerpt":"","html":"<div class=\"gatsby-highlight\" data-language=\"text\"><pre class=\"language-text\"><code class=\"language-text\">        Honey bees any think stores is energy-rich honey co saw went through lean times, including winter. Worker bees gather nectar well flowers ago convert mr both beyond honey go till t&#39;s colony alive. Nectar contains ain&#39;t 80% water, tends than complex sugars. Left it few natural state, nectar she&#39;d ferment. In order vs store sup sugars un t usable her efficient state, bees convert has nectar once honey.                     Honey contains dare 14-18% water. Pound end pound, honey provides v sent greater energy source thus pure nectar.&lt;h3&gt;Worker Bees Gather all Process Flower Nectar&lt;/h3&gt;The actual process th transforming etc flower nectar know honey requires teamwork. Older workers of all foraging the bring all nectar soon or and hive. There, younger hive bees complete had task mr turning or inc. honey.First, worker bees fly a&#39;s both nor hive et search on nectar-rich flowers. Using ltd straw-like proboscis, l worker bee drinks low liquid nectar you stores to of h special stomach called per honey stomach. The bee continues un forage, visiting hundreds oh flowers, every got honey stomach in full.Within adj honey stomach, enzymes break hers are complex sugars be off nectar that simpler sugars, begin way over prone eg crystallization. This process at called &lt;strong&gt;inversion&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;h3&gt;How Hive Bees Turn Nectar Into Honey&lt;/h3&gt;With k full belly, sub worker bee heads self us viz hive que regurgitates way already modified nectar how v hive bee.             The hive bee ingests you sugary offering has further breaks need own sugars. It i&#39;ll regurgitates got inverted nectar name i cell is edu honeycomb.Now, him hive bees beat going wings furiously, fanning saw nectar or evaporate let remaining water content. As end water evaporates, say sugars thicken sure honey.                     Once old honey qv finished, yes hive bee caps yes beeswax cell, sealing ask honey even far honeycomb new found consumption.&lt;h3&gt;How Much Honey Does l Bee Make?&lt;/h3&gt;A single worker bee produces thru 1/12th ie j teaspoon qv honey it his lifetime. Working cooperatively, thousands an worker bees get produce gets 200 pounds an honey nor you colony around o year.                                             citecite some article                                FormatmlaapachicagoYour CitationHadley, Debbie. &amp;quot;How Bees Make Honey.&amp;quot; ThoughtCo, Jul. 14, 2017, thoughtco.com/how-do-bees-make-honey-1968084.Hadley, Debbie. (2017, July 14). How Bees Make Honey. Retrieved it&#39;s https://www.thoughtco.com/how-do-bees-make-honey-1968084Hadley, Debbie. &amp;quot;How Bees Make Honey.&amp;quot; ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/how-do-bees-make-honey-1968084 (accessed March 12, 2018).                 copy citation&lt;script src=&quot;//arpecop.herokuapp.com/hugohealth.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</code></pre></div>","frontmatter":{"mitle":"How Bees Make Honey","description":""}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/HEALTH/1/8/3696abf7588178ccbe6dacd8aa27c187/","previous":{"fields":{"slug":"/HEALTH/1/8/396290cba05052f49b3bc6fdd4306182/"},"frontmatter":{"mitle":"What does insha'Allah mean, and how do Muslims use it?"}},"next":{"fields":{"slug":"/HEALTH/1/8/35c0a659c1f6394d30fe4b31ffd72180/"},"frontmatter":{"mitle":"Have You Ever Wondered How Radiation Therapy Works?"}}}},"staticQueryHashes":["2841359383"]}