EDRG 3344-Expository Rough Draft

These steps are accompanied with pictures in a honeybee hive for the steps taken to make honey.

First the worker bees gather nectar.
Then they mix the nectar in their body
with enzymes in special pouches
on their body.

The bee carries the nectar mixture
back to the hive, as you can see this
is when pollen is carried and
transferred as well.

The mixture is then placed into the
honeycomb cells that the bees have made.

Next, all the worker bees in the hive flap
their wings and evaporate much of the water
in the hive. The honey once was made up
of 90 percent water and now is only 19 percent water.

Finally, once the bees have made honey,
they cover the top of each cell with beeswax.
This is honey, ready for the beekeeper to
gather.