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teft@lemmy.world 4 weeks agocollecting a bunch of nectar and evaporating off some of the water
That’s basically the process to make real maple syrup. They just boil sap instead of letting it evaporate to get syrup. I bet if we could collect nectar and figure out the bee’s gut bacteria we could make honey.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
the flowers the nectar is collected from also influence the flavor of the honey, so you’ll have slight regional distinctions there.
teft@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
And if you use rhododendron nectar you end up with hallucinogenic honey:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayanotoxin#Mad_honey_into…
Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I finally know what inspired that weird Futurama episode!