# Do bees regurgitate or excrete honey?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bees-regurgitate-or-excrete-honey/86468>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bees-regurgitate-or-excrete-honey/86468 "2001-10-10T01:07:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![glowbug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5fc32e/32.png) [@glowbug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowbug)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bees-regurgitate-or-excrete-honey/86468/1 "2001-10-10T01:07:55Z")

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Or something else I havn’t thought of? I’d just like to know exactly where it comes from. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bees-regurgitate-or-excrete-honey/86468/2 "2001-10-10T01:22:18Z")

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Honey is basically bee vomit. They take nectar into their stomachs, then regurgitate it into the honeycomb with some added enzymes.

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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bees-regurgitate-or-excrete-honey/86468/3 "2001-10-10T01:26:42Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Colibri \*  
> \*\*Honey is basically bee vomit. They take nectar into their stomachs, then regurgitate it into the honeycomb with some added enzymes. \*\*

Doesn’t that whet your appetite for some honey? 😃

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bees-regurgitate-or-excrete-honey/86468/4 "2001-10-10T02:52:33Z")

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Please [search Cecil’s columns](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/index.html) before posting a new thread in GQ.

Cecil’s column: [Is honey really bee vomit?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_040.html)

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2001, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-bees-regurgitate-or-excrete-honey/86468/5 "2001-10-10T07:41:21Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Colibri \*  
> \*\*Honey is basically bee vomit. They take nectar into their stomachs, then regurgitate it into the honeycomb with some added enzymes. \*\*

[Homer Simpson]  
Mmmmm… Bee Vomit  
[/homer Simpson]