Apr
25
What is Honey?
Honey is sweet, sticky, faint yellow colored liquid found inside the honey chambers of beehives, made of 78% carbohydrates, 17% water and some enzymes.
How is it formed?
Worker bees collect necters from the flowers and store temporarily inside their crop. The necter becomes modified there with the action of enzymes into Dextrose and Livulose rich honey.
Components of Honey
Livulose, Dextrose, Sucrose, Dextrine, minerals (Ca, P, Fe, K, S, Mn), different organic acids, enzymes, pigments, tissue parts of bees, water etc.
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Tags: Apiculture, Honey