I like a little bit of spice in my food
So do I, many of them antimicrobial properties in addition to flavor!
Really?
Yep especially honey. Other insects other than bees make the sweet, viscous substance also.
That is true. I love honey
There's lots of different types of bees too, the honey bee only represents a small fraction of the 20,000 knows types of them.
20,000?
for sale to other beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary or "bee yard".
History.
Depictions of humans collecting honey from wild bees date to 10,000 years ago. Beekeeping in pottery vessels began about 9,000 years ago in North Africa. Domestication of bees is shown in Egyptian art from around 4,500 years ago. Simple hives and smoke were used and honey was stored in jars, some of which were found in the tombs of pharaohs such as Tutankhamun. It wasn't until the 18th
Honey
Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance produced by bees and some related insects. Bees produce honey from the sugary secretions of plants (floral nectar) or from secretions of other insects (such as honeydew), by regurgitation, enzymatic activity, and water evaporation. Bees store honey in wax structures called a honeycomb. The variety of honey produced by honey bees (the genus "Apis") is the best-known, due to its worldwide commercial production and human consumption. Honey is collected from wild bee