How bees make honey

I LOVE bees because they make  honey! But have you ever wondered how bees make honey? (Вы когда-нибудь задумывались, как?)

There are about 20,000 different kinds ( разные виды ) of bees in the world. But only "honeybees" make the honey we eat. They do not know they make honey for us, however ( однако ).  They make honey to feed themselves ( кормить себя ). They make honey to eat during ( в течение ) the winter.  They make 3 times more ( в 3 раза больше ) honey than they need. So we can eat the rest (остальное)!

How bees make honey:

1. Bees search ( искать ) for flowers.

2. They use their long tongue ( длинный язык ) to drink the sweet juice out of the flower.

3.  The juice (called nectar /  нектар ) is saved in a special stomach ( особый желудок ) called a "honey stomach". 

4. The bees go back to their hive ( улей ) and with their mouths give the nectar to other bees.

5. The other bees chew ( жевать ) the nectar for 30 minutes. 

6. Then those bees give it to other bees! The new bees chew it for 30 minutes. 

7. Group after group ( группа за группой ) of bees chew the nectar until it becomes honey. 

8. When the nectar becomes honey, it is put in a honeycomb
( соты ) cell. Each ( каждый ) honeycomb cell is like a little jar
( банка ) made of wax ( воск ). 

9. The bees flap their wings ( машут крыльями ) over the honey to make it thick ( густой ).  

10. When the cell is full ( полный ), the bees make a wax lid
( восковая крышка ) to cover the cell so it stays fresh in winter.

11. When the honey is in the cells, beekeepers ( пчеловоды ) can get it without hurting
( причинять боль ) the honeycomb. 

12. Then the honey is cleaned of the wax so you can eat it!