THERE ANY OTHER SOURCE OF HONEY APART FROM HONEY BEE?
2007-03-15 22:14:12 · 7 answers · asked by MAKS 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
There is an ant in Australia the aboriginal tribes refer to as a honey ant. After the rains a sac on it's back fills up with fluid that is sweet. I don't know that it is actual honey though.
2007-03-16 04:03:06 · answer #1 · answered by Laoshu Laoshi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We I am not sure of the other sources, but I can share the knowledge on honey what I know.
Honey is a sweet, thick sugary solution made by bees. The composition of honey consists of varying proportions of fructose, glucose, water, oil and special enzymes produced by bees. (Glucose and fructose are types of suger)
The first step in making honey begins when field bees fly from flower to flower collecting the sweet juices or nectar that a flower provides. With their tongues, the field bees suck out the nectar and store it in sacs within their bodies. After filling their sacs with these sweet juices, the field bees fly back to their bee hive and regurgitate the stored nectar into the mouths of house bees.
These house bees are assigned the job of adding enzymes from their bodies to the nectar. The enzymes cause the water in the nectar to evaporate-thereby turning the nectar into honey. Lastly, the nectar is stored in a cell of a honeycomb. Overtime, the nectar ripens and becomes honey.
The buzz on honey...
Honey is one of the easiest foods to digest.
Honey is used in many cough syrups because its smooth, thick texture soothes throats.
As a result of honey's unique ability to readily absorb air, it is often used as a moistening agent in baking.
Honey comes in all types of colors and flavors. The color and flavor of honey depends on the how old the honey is and the kind of flower that the nectar was extracted from.
2007-03-16 14:21:39 · answer #2 · answered by satishfreeman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
clover? lolol that must be a city person who said that. clover honey is honey made by bees from the clover flower. LOLOL bees make honey, only critter that does. and we are loosing them quickly due to pestisides and diseases. We will be hurting bad if they disappear as they are the major source of cross pollination.
2007-03-15 22:19:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bumblebees make honey, but not enough to be worth harvesting.
2007-03-16 10:13:32 · answer #4 · answered by heraclius@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
honey is regurgitated bee spit. so no there is no other source im afraid :(
2007-03-15 22:50:38 · answer #5 · answered by Wilson J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from the lips of your sweet heart
2007-03-15 22:27:01 · answer #6 · answered by dvkini 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no....
could not be honey in such case
2007-03-15 22:22:41 · answer #7 · answered by F S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋