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Honey is Essentially Bee Vomit

When a bee takes nectar from a flower, the tiny creature stores it in its "crop," an enlargement at the back of its esophagus, where the nectar mixes with enzymes. "A nectar-foraging bee returns to the hive and pumps out the nectar to a receiving bee," says now retired extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the University of California, Davis. The nectar is passed to processing bees that blend the incoming nectar loads, mix them together, then pump out a bit of solution.

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