Where Honey Comes From

Honey is sweet and tasty. It come's from flowers. Bee's get the nectar from the flowers. Nectar is a juicy water in flowers.

 Honey bees are super-important for flowers, fruits and vegetables. This means that they help other plants grow! Bees transfer pollen between the male and female parts, allowing plants to grow seeds and fruit.

 Honey bees live in hives. The members of the hive are divided into three types of

     Queens: One queen runs the whole hive.

 Her job is to lay the eggs that will spawn the hive's next generation of bees. The queen also produces chemicals that guide the behavior of the other bees.

 Workers these all female and their roles are to forage for food (pollen and nectar from flowers) build and protect the hive clean and circulate air by beating their wings. 

Workers are the only bees most people ever see flying around outside the hive. There is hundreds of bees in the world.  

Fun Facts                                                                                                                                                        

• Honey contains all of the substances needed to sustain life, including enzymes, water, minerals and vitamins.
• Eating honey can help you smarter! ...
• One bee will only make 1/12 of a teaspoon on honey in its entire life.                                                                                                                           

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