Honey is a sweet food made by honey bees using nectar from flowers. It has a long history of human consumption as a sweetener and flavoring in foods and beverages. The flavors of honey vary depending on the nectar source. Honey is created by bees as a food source and is harvested by beekeepers from beehives, which contain a queen bee, male drone bees, and thousands of worker bees that collect nectar to turn into honey.