How honey is made? From the hive to your table

How honey is made

Have you ever wondered how honey is made? What is the exact journey of honey, since it is nectar in the forest to the delicious food on your table?

Let us guide you through the fascinating world of honey-making, where bees and blossoms collaborate to craft the golden sweetness we love.

Bees Bring Nectar Home

Bees can travel as far as 5 miles to collect nectar and bring it to hives. Inside the hives, nectar is stored in hexagonal cells made of beeswax.

From Nectar to Honey: Bee Magic Unveiled

Bees dry out nectar with wing flutters. When the nectar’s moisture level drops low enough, the nectar becomes honey.

Once the honey is ready, the bees seal the cells with beeswax, creating capped honey. This ensures its safety with low water content and high sugar levels, resisting bacteria growth.

Bees filling cells with nectar

Capped honey

Harvesting Honey: The Beekeeper's Craft

how honey is made

As beekeepers collect honey, they take frames filled with capped honey out of the hives. Using a bread knife, they delicately scrape off the beeswax caps.

These frames are then placed in a honey extractor, a machine that rapidly spins them in a centrifuge. The force of inertia separates the honey from the cells.

The honey collects at the bottom of the machine and is drained into a container.