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Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. [1] [2] Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies.Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primarily floral nectar) or the secretions of other insects, like the honeydew of aphids.
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This helps disperse the seeds of these fruit trees, which may take root and grow where the bats have left them, and many species of plants depend on bats for seed dispersal. [ 162 ] [ 163 ] The Jamaican fruit bat ( Artibeus jamaicensis ) has been recorded carrying fruits weighing 3–14 g ( 1 ⁄ 8 – 1 ⁄ 2 oz) or even as much as 50 g ( 1 ...