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In this post, we want to show you from Maes Honey what it is like to import honey from the hive to your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beekeeping is an art that requires a lot of patience, care and respect for bees, something key to ensuring their subsistence and, therefore, that of honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A meticulous process that originates in the field, among thousands of flowers, so that consumers finally open the jar of honey comfortably enjoying this delicious product, ensuring perfect honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Collecting nectar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When the bees begin their adult life, that is, 21 days after their birth, they are capable of collecting nectar. It is at that moment when their endless trips begin, around the place where their hive is located. This can be the pasture, a forest, undergrowth, countryside, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of these routes is to carry out the foraging or extraction of nectar from the flowers that live in the environment or radius of the hive. They can be an infinite number of species, although it is usually common for one to stand out in proportion over another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beekeepers usually place the hives close to the flower that they want the bees to forage. If they want to obtain heather honey, it is most likely that they will place it in a place close to these, and so with a multitude of floral and botanical species: rosemary, eucalyptus, orange blossom, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its storage in the hive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Once the nectar is extracted from the flower, the bees store it in their honey crop. This works as a kind of bag that serves to transport the nectar to the hive. Once there, they regurgitate it to their companions, mixing it with their saliva. This contains enzymes that regulate the pH of the nectar and that provides an acid point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next step is to remove excess moisture present in the nectar. To do this, the bees use their wings, carrying out a ventilation process that allows them to considerably reduce the liquid component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once it is in optimal conditions, the nectar is stored in the honeycomb cells, sealing them with wax. With this, the bees ensure the perfect conservation of this component over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honey extraction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Honey is the product obtained from the maturation of the compound formed by the fusion of the nectar, the enzymes and the wax of the cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once enough time has passed for its maturation, it is time to extract the honey from the hive. This collection can be done following two methods: honeycomb and extracted honey. .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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