Honey is basically bee vomit.
I’m okay with it. I’m okay with the insects. I know where eggs come from. I’ve milked goats before. None of this bothers me. I may be reduced to eating things a lot less desirable if Obama gets his way.
Not exactly, since there is a honey sac, or 'crop' not part of the true stomach, even as it is also called a honey stomach (scroll down at link for illustrations).
But they do rather regurgitate from the honey sac, which is can also be used for carrying water, I think. The passing nectar (or honey) from bee to bee is called trophallaxis, which other social insects, such as ants, also do.
Bee keepers and bee scientists object to the "vomit" description as being less than accurate, due to the honey sac designed for the purpose. There has been some amount of investigation into the muscular structure of the valve between crop and stomach, showing it be all but impossible for stomach contents to be regurgitated(?) I can't remember the precise stuff I was reading (some Springer link or equivalent abstract/article) which went into close detail, but if memory serves, it's like bees could not "vomit" their true stomach contents if the wanted to? There was something about the physiology that made it next to impossible, though I cannot recall the details. It may be part of why pesticide die-offs are so severe. They may have mentioned that...which is why it comes to mind.