Sublime

invented honey;2 and the sacred ground on which the maenads, his handmaidens, performed their ritual dance was said to have flowed with milk, wine, and the “Nectre of bees.”

Quando atendem ao chamado, os insetos recebem um néctar doce, rico em açúcar, como recompensa pela polinização.

Their leaves contain nectar glands, which secrete the same sweet juice as the flowers. In this case, the nectar is for ants, which spend most of the summer in the trees.