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Honey (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

collecting 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.

Edit: A quick web search later:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeliBio

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the flowers the nectar is collected from also influence the flavor of the honey, so you'll have slight regional distinctions there.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And if you use rhododendron nectar you end up with hallucinogenic honey:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayanotoxin#Mad_honey_intoxication

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I finally know what inspired that weird Futurama episode!