Add Some Honey And Stop Feeling Guilty by Jonathon Hardcastle -
According to
Greek mythology, the ancient gods of Mount Olympus, like Zeus and Athena, used
to eat nectar and ambrosia to maintain their healthy looks and perform their
rather unusual human-like activities. Although scholars have not yet concluded
on what exactly ambrosia was for ancient Greeks, nectar in botany is a
sugar-rich liquid produced by the flowers of plants in order to attract
pollinating insects, like honeybees, essential for honey production. Nectar is
produced in glands called nectaries, which are located at the base of the
perianth, so as to allow pollinators perform their role and accessing the
flower's reproductive structures, the anthers and pistil, while collecting the
nectar the flower produces.
The collected nectar is then transported by
honeybees to combs where honey is produced. Honey is a sweet and viscous fluid,
significantly sweeter than table sugar and has very attractive c
...
Read more »