Honey is a syrupy substance made primarily from fructose and glucose. Apart from these sugars, it also has vitamins and minerals, fragrant compounds, as well as some pollen. Bees make honey from nectar, which is watery and less sweet. It breaks down the complex sugars in nectar into the above two sugars, which makes honey more digestible than regular table sugar (sucrose). Fructose is also nearly twice as sweet as table sugar, contributing to the much stronger sweetness in honey.