Hi. Many people ask themselves the question of how bees make honey. Many people use Google to find out. And I will tell you simply and clearly. Read it carefully.
How bees make honey?
Honey flow – the basic direction of activity of the bees. All the efforts of the nest, collecting and harvesting of honey products. Individual family members have different functions, however, their common goal is Honey.
The duties of the bees family:
search for new sources of pollen and nectar;
the production of honey and transport it to the hive;
production of wax and the construction of hundreds of reservoirs for honey mass;
the packaging of honey in the cells of the honeycomb;
create new members the Queen bee of the bees family to the future honey flow;
defence reserves of honey, brood and bee Queen.
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The collection of nectar
The whole process of making honey starts with the collection of nectar. Only the air warms up to 12 degrees, the insects Wake up from their slumber and begin the first cleansing flights, getting rid of cold outside fecal accumulation. How bees make honey only when the first honey plants bloom, have winged workers have enough time to prepare for the season of honey (cleaning the hive, honeycomb, and frame check).
What flowers are in bloom, the colony learns from scouts that deal exclusively with those that patrol the area in search of lawns with flowers. Once they find them, using special signaling dance will tell the whole family. A swarm of miners excited and ready to fly to the object. Was headed by the scout bees fly to the honey-gathering place and begin production of nectar and pollen.
How bees collect nectar ?
About it, you'll look in this video:
The process of honey production
The obtained from bees nectar are distributed working bees : one part of it goes to feed the larvae and the honey.
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How bees make honey, is a complex, unique process:
first, bees have long and carefully to chew the nectar. At this time it is actively fermented. Sugar breaks down into glucose and fructose, the substance becomes more digestible. In addition, the saliva of the bee has bactericidal action disinfects nectar and honey derived from it, the longer it is stored;
ready to chew and sweetness unfolds on a pre-prepared cell. The cells are filled about 2 thirds;
now the main task – to accelerate the evaporation of excess moisture. For this, insects flap their wings, raising the temperature in the hive. Gradually, the moisture evaporates and forms a viscous syrup, consisting of 75-80% glucose and fructose and 5% sucrose (the same percentage of Sugars in honey because of its easily digestible);
a cell of sealed honey wax tubes and left to Mature. In test tubes with wax, also contains enzymes in bee saliva that further disinfect the cells and prevents liquefaction and fermentation of the finished product.
How Do Bees Make Honey?
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