HONEY

a sweet liquid which is col lected by bees and other insects from th nectaries of flowers. The bee stores th honey in its honey sac until it reaches it hive, where it is placed in combs com posed of hexagonal cells. The honey scems to undergo some chemical change whilst in the sac of the bee. The coloui of honey TR aa upon the flower from which it is collected, but is usually; white or brown. Its production of lat years has become Ser a scientific ind us try. The honey extracted from the combs by means of a centrifugal extractor the com being placed upon a wheel an rapidly rotated, with tho result that th honey is shot ont and collected in a ve e placed in a suitable position. [s. 173]