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Honey
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For other uses, see
Honey (disambiguation).
Jars of honey and honeycomb
Honey in honeycombs
Traditional honey pot from
North Korea
A
honey bee on
calyx of
goldenrod
Honey (English pronunciation:
/?h?ni/) is a
sweet food made by bees using
nectar from
flowers. The variety produced by
honey bees (the
genus Apis) is the one most commonly referred to and is the type of honey collected by
beekeepers and consumed by humans. Honey produced by other
bees and insects has distinctly different properties.
Honey bees form nectar into honey by a process of
regurgitation and store it as a primary food source in wax
honeycombs inside the
beehive.
Beekeeping practices encourage overproduction of honey so that the excess can be taken without endangering the bee
colony.
Honey gets its sweetness from the It has attractive chemical properties for baking, and a distinctive flavor that leads some people to prefer it over sugar and other sweeteners. Most However, honey sometimes contains dormant (see below).
Honey has a long history of human consumption and is used in various foods and beverages as a sweetener and flavoring. It also has a role in religion and symbolism. Flavors of honey vary based on the nectar source, and various types and grades of honey are available. It is also used in various medicinal traditions to treat ailments. The study of Because bees carry an
electrostatic charge, and can attract other particle...
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