Question

2. Where do bees store the nectar?
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Answer 1

The bees store their nectar in their Bee Hives.

Answer 2

The nectar that bees collect from the flowers, and to a lesser quantity, honeydew, plant sap, is returned to the hive by the forager bee in its honey stomach and regurgitated to a hive worker bee. The nectar at this stage is basically very runny sugar water and has to be processed in a bees honey stomach where it is mixed with enzymes and matured. The water content is reduced by the bee bringing up small quantities from the honey stomach and fanning it on her tongue to evaporate the water. This process is repeated until the water content is down around 16%. This combination of digestion and evaporation eventually turn the nectar into honey.