How do bees make honey?

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Bees collect nectar from flowers. This is the first step in making honey.

How do bees make honey? The first step is to collect nectar (a sugary liquid produced by flowers) from flowers.

A bee flies from one flower to next. It sucks up nectar through a straw-like tongue. Then it flies to its hive. It drops off the nectar. 

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