Ghostwriter
I had never given much thought to the whole process of how bees made honey. I had seen honeycombs and that was about the extent of my knowledge. I was comfortable with that until a grandson asked me how honey was made.
So this is what I learned, which was good enough to work for a six year old child. Bees have long tongues that are tubes. The bee sucks the necter from the flower and it goes into what is reffered to as the crop. I think of the crop as a small little washing machine where the nectar sloshes about and mixes with enzymes. This causes a chemical reaction that allows for storage and longetivity.
The bee returns to the hive and regurgitates the nector into anohter bees mouth and the process is repeated until it reaches a bee that can place it on the honeycomb.
I am not sure I needed that much information and my grandson said he sure hopes that bees brush their tongues clean. I don’t know if I will ever thing of honey the same again.
That made me laugh a lot since my late mom was known for being a great kidder.
Thank you for sharing this blog about honey.
You are very welcome! I am grateful you enjoyed.
That is a pretty good way to explain it. Before the “killer” bees were imported my family use to keep a few wooden boxes with bees on the farm so that we always had honey. I stayed away from them, lol.
I tried to keep it simple because it was speaking with a 6 year old.
Thank you for sharing this blog about honey. I remember my late mom would always say “Honey is what the American husbands call their wife” When we were living in the former Canal Zone in Panama.
That is so very true. My dad called my Mom honey and I call my husband honey.