Foraging Bees Use Return Flight to Begin Honey Production

Honeybees Get to Work in Flight, Study Says 
By Henry Fountain, The New York Times, 4/8/2008
http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/04/foraging-bees-use-return-flight-to.html

Honey making is much like maple sugaring. The flower nectar collected by
honeybees is similar to maple sap - a diluted sugar solution that
becomes concentrated through the evaporation of most of the water.

With bees, most of the evaporation occurs in the hive. But a study from
South Africa shows that in certain cases concentrating the nectar begins
as early as the flight home from the flower...

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