Where does Honey Come From? Video Lecture | Advance Learner Course: Science Class 5

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oh ho let's think today we answer the
question how do bees make honey honey is
made by a colony of honeybees living in
a hive but not all bees are in charge of
making the honey bees have different
types of jobs just like us the queen
bees in charge of laying eggs while the
male drone bees are tasked with
protecting her there are even bees whose
main jobs are storing honey but it's the
female workers who are the foragers of
the colony they're in charge of
gathering nectar in order to convert it
into honey the nectar that the forager
bee gathers contain about 80 percent
water along with complex sugars in order
to store it long-term the bees must
convert the nectar into honey honey
contains about 14 to 18 percent water
and provides a much greater energy
source than pure nectar forager bee
start the process of making honey by
flying to a flower they collect nectar
which is really just a sugary juice by
sucking it out with their tiny tongues
they store it in what's called their
honey stomach which is different from
their food stomach yes that's right they
have two stomachs when they're
completely full they fly back to the
hive now it's time for the other bees to
help out once they come back to the hive
they pass it to other worker bees the
bees then chew it for about half an hour
after being passed from B to B it
gradually turns into honey the bees then
store it in honeycomb cells which are
like tiny wax jars the honey is still a
bit wet so the bees begin to fan it with
their wings to dry it out and become
more sticky when it's ready they seal
the cell with a wax lid to keep it clean
a single worker bee produces only 1/12
of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime
working cooperatively thousands of
worker bees can produce over 200 pounds
of honey for the colony within a year so
that's how bees make honey that took
some thinking