By definition, honey is a sweet, syrupy carbohydrate solution, produced by the honeybee from flower nectar.
The nectar is drawn into bee's tongue, or labium, and from there it is passed into the honey stomach of the bee, where salivery enzymes convert the cane suger in the nectar into dextrose and levulose, two invert sugar.
Upon returning to the hive, the bee pours back the partially digested nectar into a cell of the comb. Next, ``house bees'' cause further chemical changes, by working the nectar in their mouth. Excess water is evaporated from the solution as the house bees fan their wings over the cell. Finally the honey is ready, and the house bees seal the cell with wax.
The flavor and colour of honey are dependent on the flowers from which the nectar was taken.