{"id":8022,"date":"2023-01-06T12:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T17:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beekeepingfornewbies.com\/?p=8022"},"modified":"2023-01-13T18:51:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T23:51:45","slug":"what-do-honey-bees-make-a-comprehensive-guide-to-hive-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beekeepingfornewbies.com\/what-do-honey-bees-make-a-comprehensive-guide-to-hive-products\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do Honey Bees Make? A Comprehensive Guide To Hive Products"},"content":{"rendered":"
Updated on January 13th, 2023<\/p>\n
What do honey bees make besides honey?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Honey bees produce more than just honey – they also make nectar, propolis, beeswax, bee brood, bee venom, royal jelly, and pollen, which all have unique uses for humans. Beekeepers harvest the hive products for a variety of uses including in food and drinks, natural remedies, cosmetics, and dietary supplements.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In this article, we will explore each of these products, how they are made by the bees, how beekeepers harvest them, and some of their commercial uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Honey bees make honey-it\u2019s In their name after all. It is the one hive product I think everyone is familiar with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Honey is a sweet, sticky food produced naturally by honey bees using the nectar from flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To make honey, bees collect nectar from flowers and store it in their honey stomachs. As they return to the hive, other bees take the nectar and mix it with enzymes to break down the sugars, put the mixture into wax comb cells, and evaporate some of the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once the bees determine that the nectar has become honey, they cap the cells with wax storing it safely for future use. Honey is the primary food source for adult bees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beekeepers harvest surplus honey by removing the honeycomb frames from the hive and extracting the honey using a machine or by hand. The honey may be extracted in purely liquid form by separating it from the wax comb, or it may be removed from the hive complete with the wax as comb honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note: “Surplus” honey is honey the beekeeper determines the colony can survive without.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nHoney<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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