Flowers don't contain honey, they contain nectar. Honey bees convert that nectar, which is a complex sugar, into honey. The bee forages on flowers, storing nectar in a special "honey stomach" and then carrying it back to the hive. There, other bees take the regurgitated nectar and break it down into simple sugars using digestive enzymes. The modified nectar is then packed into the cells of the honeycomb. Bees in the hive fan their wings on the honeycomb to evaporate water out of the nectar. The result? Honey!
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