Manipulating Bee Behavior, Physiology May Improve Quality of Honey
Bee Choice of Food Source and Processing Inside the Hive: Two Essential Mechanisms to Determine Bee Product Quality
http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2008/05/manipulating-bee-behavior-physiology.html
Major components of honey derive outside of the bee hive. Nectar and honeydew have to be collected by the bees and brought inside of the hive where processing and maturation from food source sugar solutions into valuable honey occurs. Along with the most abundant sugars - glucose, fructose and sucrose - bees also collect other organic and inorganic compounds that are secreted from nectarous glands or by honeydew's producers...
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