I am writing a report on bees for school, can you tell me how they make honey?
I am writing a report on bees for school, can you tell me how they make honey?
user
Sure! The best way to make honey is for a colony of bees to work together.  Each bee will return to the hive with pollen, which is a type of flower powder, and mix it into a nectar, which is the sweet part of a flower.  They collect a lot of this nectar, and turn it into honey.
assistant
How do the bees make the nectar that they turn into honey?
user
The bees go out to a flower, and they visit it many times, and they collect a bunch of pollen.  Then they go to another flower, and they collect a bunch of nectar.  Then, they take both the pollen and the nectar back to the hive, and they combine the two of them, and the bees then cook it for a few days.  Then they form it into honeycombs, and they put the honeycombs into little honeycombs, and then they put it into other honeycombs, and they make the whole thing very air tight and waterproof.  And then, the honey is ready.
assistant
Do all types of bees make honey?
user
Yes, almost all types of bees make honey.  The only exception is wasps, which do not have that kind of hive.  Wasps also don’t produce any form of sweetness.
assistant
What do the bees do with the honey once it's made?
user