Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar of flowers. Honey bees (Apis species) produce a variety of honey species, which are the most common species, and this type of honey is collected by most beekeepers and consumed by people. Honey produced by other bees (bee stingles) and other membranous insects (such as honey and wasps) have different characteristics, and may be discussed in another article.
The bees transform the nectar into honey through the process of recuperation and evaporation. And then store it as a source of basic food in tablets of wax honey inside the hive.
Sweet honey gets its mono sugars from fructose and glucose, and it has almost the same relative sweetness as sugar granules. It also has attractive chemical properties for bread and a distinctive flavor, making some people prefer it to sugar and other sweeteners. As honey is not an environment suitable for microorganisms, most microorganisms do not grow in honey due to low water activity. However, honey may sometimes contain dormant spores of the bacteria Clostridium and Botulinum, which can pose a danger to infants. Spores can also become intestinal bacteria with immature surfaces in infants, leading to illness and even death due to poisoning.
As honey bees play a role in some religious beliefs and symbolism on some religions, honey was mentioned in the same word in the Holy Quran once; in the surah Muhammad, in verse: 15, and was in the context of mentioning some of the blessings of the people of Paradise, : {In which rivers of water is not teeth and rivers of milk has not changed taste and rivers of wine for the pleasure of drinkers and rivers of honey refinery) from Surat (Muhammad: 15). As mentioned above, an indication of honey in Surah Al-Nahl. Verse 69: Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): “He will come out of her belly with a drink of various colors in which he will heal people.” In addition to mentioned in some of the prophetic traditions that refer to its benefits and that it is useful medicine.
Honey has a long history of human consumption and has been used in various foods and beverages as a sweetener and as a part of spices. Honey flavors disappear based on the source of nectar, and there are different types of honey. It has also been used in various medical traditions as a treatment for some diseases.