How does the bee make the honey?
The worker bee goes out to forage/collect nectar from the plants. She then brings it back to the hive in in her second stomach sack – it is simply a pouch for holding – where the nectar is given a special enzyme by that worker. The newly created combo (honey) is then injected into the comb cell by the bee and when the cell is filled that individual cell will be capped with a thin layer of wax to seal in the honey. The honey is only sealed when the bee knows it is ready. We do not ‘take honey off’ before the cap is sealed (some beekeepers do). We wait for at least 85%-90% seal as the honey then is ready.
