Bees collect nectar from flowers with their long tongue, called a proboscis. Their proboscis is covered in little hairs to help lap up the watery nectar from deep down inside the flowers. Bees store the nectar in their special honey stomach and carry it back to the hive. When the foraging worker bee returns to the hive she passes the nectar to a house bee. The house bee then adds enzymes to the nectar to break it down and help reduce the water. She then deposits this inside a honeycomb cell and