Honey is a sweet and viscous food produced by honeybees (Apis mellifera) from flower sap or the secretions of certain plants or insects. The bees take the nectar or secretions, associate them with substances that they produce themselves and create honey, which is then gathered in honeycombs.
The honey can be monofloral or polyfloral, depending on whether the bees collect most of the nectar from a single type of flower or several flowers, respectively. Honeydew honey, on the other hand, is obtained from the non-flower secretions of certain plants or from the excretions of insects that feed on plant sap.