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Art & HoneyHoney Honey Sweet and viscous substance made by bees For other uses, see Honey (disambiguation). Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees.[1][2] Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primarily floral nectar) or the secretions of other insects, like the honeydew of aphids. This refinement takes place both within individual bees, through regurgitation and enzymatic activity, and during storage in the hive, through water evaporation that concentrates the honey's sugars until it is thick and viscous. A jar of honey with a honey dipper and an American biscuit Honey bees stockpile honey… (Source: Wikipedia)
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