making honey

making honey

Bees have been making honey for millions of years! Honey is food for bees. They make honey in their homes, which are called hives.

A queen bee lives in a hive with some bees called drones. There are thousands of worker bees, too. They look after the hive and make the honey.

The bees make a honeycomb to keep their honey in. It is made from beeswax. It has holes in it that are a hexagon shape. They are called cells.

Bees have two stomachs. One is for food and one is just for carrying nectar. Bees fly from flower to flower and suck out the sweet nectar from inside.

The bees fly back to the hive when their honey stomachs are full. They put the nectar into the honeycomb cells so it can turn into honey.