Nectar/ˈhʌni/is a sweet nourishment made by honey bees utilizing nectar from blooms.

The assortment delivered by bumble bees( (the sort Apis) is the one most generally alluded to, as it is the kind of nectar gathered by most beekeepers and devoured by individuals. Nectars are likewise created by honey bees, stingless honey bees, and other hymenopteran creepy crawlies, for example, nectar wasps, however the amount is for the most part lower and they have somewhat distinctive properties contrasted with nectar from the family Apis. Bumble bees change over nectar into nectar by a procedure of spewing forth and dissipation. They store it as an essential sustenance source in wax honeycombs inside the apiary.

Nectar gets its sweetness from the monosaccharides fructose and glucose, and has about the same relative sweetness as granulated sugar.[1][2] It has appealing substance properties for heating and an unmistakable flavor that leads a few individuals to lean toward it over sugar and other sweeteners.[1] Most microorganisms don't develop in nectar as a result of its low water action of 0.6.[3] However, nectar now and then contains torpid endospores of the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, which can be hazardous to newborn children, as the endospores can change into poison delivering microbes in babies' youthful intestinal tracts, prompting ailment and even death.[4]

Nectar has had a long history in human utilization, and is utilized as a part of different nourishments and refreshments as a sweetener and seasoning. It additionally has a part in religion and imagery. Kinds of nectar change in view of the nectar source, and different sorts and grades of nectar are accessible. It has additionally been utilized as a part of different restorative conventions to treat illnesses. The investigation of dusts and spores in nectar (melissopalynology) can focus botanical wellsprings of honey.[5] Bees convey an electrostatic charge whereby they draw in different particles notwithstanding dust, which get to be fused into their nectar; nectar can be examined by the method of melissopalynology, in the region of natural investigations of radioactive particles, dust, and particulate contaminati.