What is honey?

Honey is a dense fluid that is produced by bees from flower nectar and some insects such as aphids. It is consumed by bees combining with their saliva, which contains invertase, which allows it to be produced.
Its extraction from the honeycomb is called beekeeping, which also involves the rearing of the bee.
The type of honey is influenced by the material collected by the bees, also altering the time of its crystallization.
In Latin America they call any dense and sweet product honey.
Honey has a sweetening capacity twice that of cane sugar, and it has been used since the beginning of mankind, claiming divine properties. It was used by the great ancient cultures such as the Greek and Egyptian, and it is the Egyptians who saved honey with more than 2000 years old and was found in perfect condition, it is even mentioned in the Bible.
Honey is produced in quantities greater than the consumption of the hive, being able to collect the excess for human consumption, reaching its domestication.
The types of honey are very diverse; this is because of the types of nectars and flowers from which they are collected. This is why there is monofloral honey, (of a single flower) and multifloral (several flowers), this is because the honeycombs to crops to be pollinated by bees, thus producing two services, for farmers and for beekeepers.

There are honey from insects like mealybugs, aphids and other sap-sucking insects. This is usually less dense, sweet and darker, taking longer to crystallize
Honeydew is taken from pine trees and this flavor predominates, being appreciated for its medical use in Europe and Turkey.
Honey tends to harden at 14 ° Celsius and due to its fast-absorbing simple sugars, it is highly caloric (about 3.4 kilocalories per gram) and is a source of energy.