Nectar commonly contains about 20 to 40 percent sugar. The bees in the hive concentrate the honey in the honeycomb to about 83% solids. Bees add the enzyme invertase to convert sucrose to the simple sugars glucose and fructose. After collection, most honey is heat treated to prevent unwanted fermentation by osmophilic yeasts and to delay crystallization. Honey is also filtered to remove air bubbles, solids and pollen grains.

Honeybees collect nectar to make honey to use as a food. A good colony of about 50,000 worker bees can put away about 2 lbs of honey in a day. To produce a pound of honey,

Most think of honey as a sweet treat on cereal, toast or in beverages. But this liquid gold is a lot more than just delicious. Raw honey contains many important vitamins, minerals and trace elements that the body is easily able to assimilate for maximum absorbency. Honey offers vitamin A, all of the B-complex vitamins, vitamins C, D, E, K, as well as beta Carotene.

Traditionally honey has been used as a natural medicine for over 4000 years by a myriad of cultures. The ancient Egyptians used it in at least 500 remedies. Apparently other cultures could clearly see the amazing medicinal benefits from honey as well. The Assyrians, Chinese, Greeks and Romans also prescribed honey for medicinal purposes. It was used for wounds, burns, eye infections, acne,