nectar

Definition

Nectar is a honey bee forage that has been defined as follows:

A sweet secretion of flowers (from nectaries) of various plants; some secrete enough to provide excess for conversion to honey.

Reference

  1. Caron, Dewy M, Connor, Lawrence John 2022 Glossary. Honey bee biology and beekeeping. Wicwas Press LLC, Miller (MI), USA. pp. 438-459.
Creator: Michael Rubinigg
Properties

Label

nectar

EUPH Code (UID)

[72]

EUPH IRI

https://app.pollinatorhub.eu/vocabulary/classes/72

Descriptor

This class is part of the ontology

Created

2023-01-23

Updated

2026-04-25
Contributors

Class

Author: Michael Rubinigg

Definition

Author: Michael Rubinigg

Translation

Authors: Michael Rubinigg

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Danish

nektar

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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Dutch; Flemish

nectar

Noun, Feminine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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English

nectar

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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French

nectar

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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1
German

Nektar

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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1
Italian

nettare

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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1
Norwegian

nektar

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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1
Portuguese

néctar

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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1
Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

nectar

Noun, Neuter, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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1
Spanish; Castilian

néctar

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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1
Swedish

nektar

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
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1