Benefits:
- A source of quick energy.
- Adds flavor to foods and beverages and improves the shelf life of baked goods.
Drawbacks:
- Contains more calories volume for volume than sugar.
- Contamination with Clostridium botulinum spores may be dangerous for babies under a year old.
As a bee gathers nectar, it's kept in a sac where enzymes begin a refining and filtering process. When the bee returns to its hive, a chain of workers greets it; each one pumps the nectar in and out of the honey sac until it becomes honey concentrated enough to resist bacteria and molds. It is then stored in a comb to ripen until it is needed for food.
