Easy Explainer: How do bees make honey?
Recommended for Foundational Grades
Hey there, our curious reader! Have you ever wondered how honey is made? Well, let me tell you, it’s super interesting and easy to understand!
First things first, honey is loved by many people because it tastes sweet and delicious. But do you know who makes it? Bees are the incredible creatures behind this yummy treat!
Important Details
- Here’s how they do it: bees fly out from their homes, called hives, in search of something called nectar. Nectar is a sweet liquid that can be found in plants and flowers. The bees use their long tongue to suck out the nectar from the flowers and store it in their honey stomach. Isn’t that amazing?
- Once the bees have collected enough nectar, they head back to their hive. At the hive, there’s another special bee called the “house bee” who is ready and waiting to help out. The house bee takes the nectar from the worker bee and starts doing something really interesting.
- The house bee chews the nectar over and over until it turns into a syrupy liquid. It’s like making a special kind of syrup! Then, guess what the house bee does? It takes this syrup and puts it inside a small individual housing called a comb, which is like a little honey jar inside the hive.
- But that’s not all! The house bee wants to make sure the syrup becomes thick and gooey, so it uses its wings like a fan to help it dry up. That’s pretty clever, isn’t it?
- And to keep the syrup safe and sound, the bees seal the comb with a special substance called wax. It’s like putting a lid on a jar so that the syrup doesn’t spill out.
- So, our friend, that’s how bees make honey! They fly around, collect nectar, chew it into syrup, store it in combs, and seal it with wax. It’s a team effort, with worker bees and house bees working together to create this sweet and yummy treat we all love.
- We hope you enjoyed learning about the amazing process of making honey. Next time you have a spoonful of honey, remember to thank the hardworking bees for their incredible work!
Similar Stories
- Bee-lieve It or Not: Honeybees Have a Secret Dance!
- Honeybees can learn differences between odd and even numbers
Watch a video
Here’s a fun cartoon that tells you how do bees make honey? The video is shared by Youtube user ‘Peekabookidz’.
Curious Times is a leading newspaper and website for kids. We publish daily global news aligned to your learning levels (also as per NEP 2020): Foundational, Preparatory (Primary), Middle and Senior. So, check out the News tab for this. We bring kids’ favourite Curious Times Weekly newspaper every weekend with top news, feature stories and kids’ contributions. Check out daily JokesPoke, Tongue Twisters, Word of the Day and Quote of the Day, kids need it all the time.
ME – My Expressions at Curious Times is your place to get your work published, building your quality digital footprint. And it is a good way to share your talent and skills with your friends, family, school, teachers and the world. Thus, as you will step into higher educational institutes your published content will showcase your strength.
Events, Quizzes and Competitions bring students from over 5,000 schools globally to participate in the 21st-Century themes. Here schools and students win certificates, prizes and recognition through these global events.
Sign-up for your school for FREE!
Communicate with us: WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
0 (Please login to give a Curious Clap to your friend.)
Very interesting and informative and buzzyy
Glad you find this interesting. Do write to us the type of articles you would like to read!
Stay Curious!