Honey production process

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Artisanal honey

WHAT IS THE HONEY PRODUCTION PROCESS?

Honey, that sweet natural substance produced by bees from the nectar of flowers. It is produced by worker bees, who store it in their honey crop before depositing it in the cells of the honey combs. And as you already know, it is the most primitive food.

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How is honey made?

NECTAR EXTRACTION

Step that begins the production of honey. Adult worker bees fly over the flowers to extract nectar, but not all flowers are suitable, so only pollen is extracted from certain flowers.

An important fact is that when a beekeeper wants to obtain honey from A certain flower places the flowers next to the hives to ensure that they are pollinated and thus the thyme honey, lavender honey, oak honey, rosemary honey...

NECTAR EXTRACTION

PLACEMENT OF NECTAR IN THE HIVES

The bees ingest the nectar that is stored in the "honey crop", when entering the crop the honey is combined with enzymes that modify the PH.

The bees return to their hive and there They pass the nectar to other younger bees, these are in charge of extracting and decomposing that nectar which ends up becoming honey. They also reduce the humidity of the nectar from 70% to 20%

PLACEMENT OF NECTAR IN THE HIVES

CELL SEALING

Excess moisture in the hive is eliminated. And you might wonder, how do bees achieve that? They use their wings to fan the cells and thus avoid excess moisture in the nectar, they manage to remove up to 80% of the water.

The bees seal the cells with wax to ensure that the honey stays in good condition and preserves.

CELL SEALING

END OF THE PROCESS

With the passage of time, the nectar joins with enzymes and wax, which gives the honey its characteristic flavor.

Beekeepers leave it to decant for a few days and after those days, The product is filtered and packaged.

END OF THE PROCESS

FACTS ABOUT BEES

- There are more than 20,000 species of bees and only 7 produce honey.

- A single honey bee visits about 7,000 flowers a day and they need four million visits to produce 1kg of honey.</p >

- Queen bees can live up to six years, but over time their reproductive capacity is reduced.

- If the queen bee dies, the workers create a new one by choosing a young larva and feeding it with "royal jelly".

- They adjust their internal compass with the movements of the sun.

- Bees help with food security, pollinating crops and are also essential for conserving biodiversity. .

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