The Secret of Honey's Sweetness

Thousands of bees travel hundreds of kilometers to suck nectar from various flowers and store it in their hives. Even though the nectar comes from many different flowers, the honey always tastes consistently sweet.

How it becomes sweet:

• Nectar naturally contains sucrose (a natural sugar), which is also what makes fruits sweet.

• Bees add enzymes from their bodies into the nectar stored in the hive.

• A chemical reaction occurs where the enzymes convert sucrose into fructose.

• Fructose is a simpler and much sweeter form of sugar. This is why honey and fruits taste so sweet.