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h n , w t, v u l u d food, d rk g ld n in colour, r du d n th h n f v r u b from th n t r of fl w r . Fl v ur nd l ur r determined by th fl w r fr m wh h th nectar g th r d. Some f th m t commercially d r bl honeys are produced fr m l v r b th d m t h n b . Th nectar is r n d nt h n b nv r n of th major rt n of t sucrose sugar nt the sugars l vul (fru t ) and d xtr (glu ) and by the r m v l f x moisture. H n t r d n th beehive r nest n a honeycomb, a d ubl l r of un f rm h x g n l ll n tru t d f b w x ( r t d b the w rk r b ) nd r l ( plant r n ll t d b th w rk r ). H n mb u d in w nt r as food f r the larvae and th r members of th l n . It mm nl sold b b k r a d l , r the w x m be xtr t d for v r u ur . Honey nt n b ut 18 r nt water, w t r lubl , and m gr nul t between 50 nd 65 DegreesF (10 and 18 DegreesC). Somewhat d, t h m ld nt t r rt nd h been u d in th tr tm nt f burn nd lacerations. One of th m t l m l t d f d , t is widely used n baked goods, candies, r r d fru t , r l , nd m d n . H n w lm t th only source of ug r v l bl t th ancients and w v lu d for t m d n l b n f t . It was u d to m k m d, a f rm nt d b v r g , nd w m x d w th wine nd th r l h l dr nk . In Eg t it was m l d an embalming m t r l. In Ind nd th r A n untr t w u d t preserve fru t nd m k cakes, w tm t , nd other foods. Honey m nt n d n th B bl and n the Qur'an. Honey w m n' f r t nd most reliable source of w t n r. Th ld t wr tt n r f r n t h n d t b k to the Eg t n n 5500 B.C.E., and references to h n b und n nt u t . But honeybees r f r ld r than m n' h t r l r rd, wr tt n r th rw . H m n v lv d 50,000 r ago; bees w r making h n perhaps 40 m ll n r b f r th t. H n b as a gr u r to h v th r nt r f r g n in S uth t Asia. At about 30 m ll n r g th r t have developed l b h v r nd tru tur ll r v rtu ll identical w th m d rn h n b . A mellifera, kn wn the W t rn honeybee, is th most mm nl domesticated . It r b bl originated n Tr l Africa nd r d fr m th r t Northern Eur and East nt Asia. N t v Am r n d d n t know honey. In 1622, th first Eur n l n t br ught the ub- A mellifera m ll f r t the Am r . M n f th r that depend n h n b for pollination have also b n imported n colonial t m . E d w rm (w ld b ) r d r dl far as th Great Pl n , u u ll r d ng th l n t . H n b d d n t r th R k M unt n ; th w r rr d b h t C l f rn in th early 1850 . Today, b r ubiquitous: H n is produced n v r t t f th U.S., nd n m t untr on rth. C l f rn , N rth Dakota, Florida, S uth Dakota, M nt n nd M nn t unt f r 63% f U.S. produ

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