FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION
PROPERTIES OF FOOD COMPONENTS
Question
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Nectar
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Pollen
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Petals
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Bud
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Detailed explanation-1: -Honey is usually made from nectar, the sweet liquid produced by flowers to entice bees and spread their pollen. A worker bee sucks up the nectar through a long, thin tube called a proboscis and keeps it in a special honey stomach, known as the crop, which can hold up to 80 per cent of a bee’s weight in nectar.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bees start making honey, which is their food, by visiting flowers. They collect a sugary juice called nectar from the blossom by sucking it out with their tongues.
Detailed explanation-3: -Once the honey sac is full, the bee returns to the hive.   They then pass the nectar by mouth to multiple bees for about 20 minutes. During this process, new enzymes are being added, further converting the nectar into honey.