Honey is "manufactured" in one of the world's most efficient factories, the beehive. Bees may travel as far as 75,000 miles (three times around the world) and visit over 367 million flowers to to gather enough nectar to make just over a pound of honey. The color and flavor of honey differ depending on the bees' nectar source (the blossoms). In fact, there are more than 300 unique kinds of honey in the United States, originating from such diverse floral sources as Clover, Eucalyptus and Orange Blossom. In general, lighter colored honeys are mild in flavor; while darker honeys are usually more robust in flavor.

Honey is primarily composed of fructose, glucose and water. It also contains other sugars as well trace minerals, vitamins, enzymes and amino acids. It has excellent and powerful health attributes. "Raw" honey has not been heated over 110 degrees F to prevent destruction of enzymes or other heat sensitive nutrients, including minute amounts of local natural flora.

In addition to gathering nectar to produce honey, honey bees perform a vital second function--pollination. About one-third of the human diet is derived from insect-pollinated plants, and honey bees are responsible for 80 percent of this pollination.