The preparation of honey begins in the same plant. The nectaries, two glands located near the base of the flower, are secreted into the nectar that bees extract with their long mouths. So, helped with his tongue, bees seeking nectar, keeping it in their crops or honey bags to return to the hive below. Incredibly, a bee must visit a million flowers to prepare only one hundred grams of honey.

Over the centuries, honey has been praised for its antibiotic properties and used in many pharmaceutical preparations to treat from rickets, anemia, inflammation of the bowel, constipation and stomach problems. In addition, honey poultices placed on burns and wounds, have served to provide rapid relief of pain, and itching.

In material of beauty, honey has been for centuries an important ingredient in many creams and masks.

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