Having been a beekeeper for almost 4 decades, I love it that you are exposing people to the science of honey. I would like to warn people that supermarket honey from a huge industrial processor. Always buy raw honey from a local beekeeper. For maximum health benefits, never heat it above 98 degrees F because that kills off all of the valuable digestive enzymes found in real honey.

Shoutout to the native bees that always get forgotten!!! They are just as important for pollinating our food and are more important for the ecological health of countless environments!

I found out from the owner of a local-ish homebrewing suppy store, that honey is one of the most counterfeited food products. This is because some of the cheaper ones are mixed with corn syrup

I love this series. I immediately click on "What's Eating Dan?" as soon as it shows up. Years ago I had some lavender honey from southern France. I still remember how delicious it was.

Dan W. Bush FTW! By far my favorite moment of this episode, aside of course from all the respect and cred given to our insect friends. 🐝

Having been a beekeeper for almost 4 decades, I can say that the dance at the the end was a 1 to 1 on how my bee's do it. Great work everyone 👍

Wow, a vintage Dubya reference! Nice one, Dan. Bringing back the classics.

Skip the dough. Just go for the frozen honey. Chewing honey. Omg. Our niece gave us honey from Hawaii. It is sooo good. I have no idea what flowers those bees visited but they do awesome work!

I had a chance to do a side by side honey tasting of different origins around the u.s. was pretty cool to see how much variation there was.

I once worked for a guy who had a beehive in central Berlin (Germany). Berlin is actually a very "green" city with lots of trees, parks and gardens. He never fed any sugar water. Instead he left some honey (or nectar?) for the bees every time he gathered honey. I have never tasted a more delicios honey! It wasn't nearly as overly sweet as regular honey. And it had a slightly bitter aftertaste which was absolutely amazing. I'm normally not a fan of honey, because it is much too sweet for my taste. But I absolutetly loved the honey his bees produced.

love that Dank George W. Bush reference, Dan. This is what I'm here for!

We have a couple bee keepers who move their bees to certain fields for different flavors. Love real honey compared to most store honey.

It’s always such fun watching a Dan Souza video.

It is important to note that there are other, native bees that are capable of pollinating plants-in many cases, more effectively than invasive honeybees! Obviously, these native bees don't produce anything as delicious to humans as honey. But the environmental impact of honeybees is more often negative than positive because they out-compete and drive out native insects.

That was fantastic- recipes, science, AND the waggle dance. One of my happiest experiences was having a bee swarm in my yard. We called the local extension service of our county who pointed us to a local beekeeper. He was a college student who said his prof would surely give him an A for rescuing the bees and rehoming (re-hiving?) them. I hope all those bees had a long and happy life. Thanks for the video, Dan & team!

I didn’t realise Dan eating refrigerated honey would be lovely to watch 😂

And...yet another reason I have a total crush on Dan Souza. LOL!!

lets all protect these beautiful creatures

The content of this video was so informative and intriguing, but watching Dan do the Waggle dance did it for me!! I love watching Dan on Pluto TV on ATK presents! His segments are my faves!!! Can't get enough!!

There's more honey chemistry. Hard crystallized vs seeded "whipped" honey. I love the stuff. And how about the invert process?

I really do love this series and am so happy honey finally made the list. My personal favorite characteristic of honey must not have made the cut - hygroscopicity. Much like you might make an oleo saccharum with white sugar, give it a try with honey. Citrus peels in your favorite light honey for a few days, et voila - a syrupy honey that you can pour over a simple Bundt cake or mix in with your favorite cocktail. It’s extremely aromatic and floral and takes those honey flavors up a notch. You can replace citrus peels for a number of different adjuncts, and honey is quite forgiving with its antibacterial properties. Enjoy!

My favorite way to eat honey? Why, thank you for asking! My favorite way is on ICE CREAM with WHEAT GERM! It's REALLY, REALLY, REALLY good!

As someone who grew up making struffoli you want ot make them a lot bigger than what's shown in the video because otherwise they're almost too hard to really eat. We made them about the size of a 3/8ths in ball bearing and what this does is give you a crunchy outside with a slightly fluffier cakey inside they're great.

Thank you for the positive energy.

That waggle dance. Flowers about 2 miles away, in a northerly direction. Got it!

Dan, you're just delightful!

I'm honey obsessed and have been hunting it for years. The best I've ever had is from a guy in Kauai. It's dark and the hives are surrounded by Java Plum & Mango trees. He refuses to use a centrifuge or even protective gear. He and his bees have a relationship and he hand scrapes the combs.

Also totally snackable: that waggle dance at the end.

Dan, you are a class act! My favorite honey comes from Greece, Attiki is the brand. If you have a Greek store near you, I strongly suggest that you try it. I find that it has a unique flavor 😋.

Very,very cool.My father kept bees in our native Greece,delectable due to thyme flowers and pine trees.

What’s Eating Dan = Emmy of Best cooking show ever.

I love Dan more than honey. Facts.

Great video! It explains perfectly what my little ladies get up to.

Yes, bees are extremely important. But honeybees are not the ones pollinating all our plants. It's a huge variety of local bees. Honeybees exist in apiaries to produce honey for us, that's it mostly

Thanks for the wacky waggle dance! You guys are so awesome!

I loved this episode. Smiles throughout! Thank you for the great entertainment and informative video!

My grandfather was a melon grower. Arranging for the bee-keepers to come at the right time and hit the fields in the optimal order was hugely important. Chestnut honey, which is slightly bitter, is one of my favorites, especially on a really salty cheese.

My family makes struffoli every year for Christmas! Although we roll out the dough and use a pasta cutter to make small diamonds (parallelograms really). We add honey and nonpareils and give batches out to friends and family. 😊

You are so smart and funny, and I always learn things watching you, Dan. Thanks so much!

Thanks for the information.

My nana made struffoli with anise in the dough. She would also decorate with Jordan almonds and sprinkles. This made me so happy to see.

Bees are amazing. Dan, you barely scratch the service of all that they do.

I love Dan LOL

Fascinating! Thanks Dan! Those grilled chops-gotta try that. Been eating toasted peanut butter and honey sandwiches since I was a kid. Gotta smash it and let it sit to soak a bit in the bread. Makes a honeycomb like texture=so good! A+ for the waggle dance! Keep the great videos coming!

Thank you worker bees!

Yeah Dan, another great video.

Great video! Very informative 👏 👏👏 AND I so enjoy Dan's sense of humor!!! Thanks.

Thanks Dan! Bees are awesome :)

All kidding aside, Dan makes a really great presentation.

1. Love you, Dan! 2. Just had honeydew honey for the first time. Light taste. Slight fruity flavor. Very enjoyable.

Thanks buddy great job

Sourwood honey is the best! Thanks for science lesson, fascinating! And, of course, thank you to all those busy bees out there, working hard and providing us with this great sweetener!

Just the part at the end with Dan doing the waggle dance was priceless

Top vanilla ice cream with honey. Then some sprinkles. Best ever

Had to comment that I loved the GWB quote

Was that a Bush, Jr. joke? If so, I'm now swooning even harder over Dan

Great stuff. Bees are so important. I'm 99 pct sure you quoted GWB 43 in there. What a hidden gem! Great episode.

Yay! Lovin the waggle dance!

This bee story is so well done....what amazing insects....i love honey and bees..😀😘

I worked one fall for a local bee keeper and it wasn’t until then that I realized how magnificent the taste is of unmolested Honey. He allowed us to have a scoop off of the combs whenever we felt like it while we were processing and the taste was utterly out of this world. At least compared to store-bought honey. He was a small supplier for a popular Honey producer, provider. But he allowed us to have some that only was warmed so it would flow better, so therefore we got natural honey and I’ve been spoiled ever since. I have lived multiple places and somewhere along the line someone discussed that it was best to buy locally where you live because the helpful properties of the honey are locally harvested and those are the nutrients you need for your immune system. Buying at the farmers market is an excellent idea but where I live now is in the same area where I learned these things initially and there are several local apiaries that you can still purchase honey from. And some of the local health food stores also carry local honey.

The Waggle Dance! Now I've lived, now I ca die !! Great show.

The George Bush reference was masterful, thank you 🙏

Excellent waggle dance!

why the hell does youtube never recommend these damn episodes when they're released? I watch EVERY SINGLE ONE.

I’m impressed by the GIF Collection in this series 😂

Well done, Mr. Dan...!

Informative and too funny! Thanks! 🤣

this is so fun to watch! wish y'all well that waggle dance was a HOOT

amazing G.W. reference!/

Thank you bees! I love my tub time with ATK & What's Eating Dan has become more addictive than wordle!

I was wondering how you were going to fit 2 recipes in the end of the video. Turns out the first one was pretty quick lol.

Love the GW Bush quote

I like this dude.

You can freeze up maple syrup too. In fact in winter you can just pour maple syrup right on top of ice and you have an amazing instant candy.

Did this man just mix anchovy paste + honey and then just put it on meat? What a madlad.

Love it!

Dan, you're so adorkable! I love it!

Dan! You rock :)

I wish you had showcased sopaipillas. I grew up in a Mexican majority city, and this comes with every plate at the end of your meal. It's fried dough with a large air bubble like a pillow, and topped with honey.

The fact that Honey is basically nutritious Bee Vomit changed my life lmao

This was great ☆☆☆☆☆.thanks. now I know.

Honey is one of those items I'll spend a little more money on. My favorite brand is made one state up from me and tastes similar to a light caramel.

The Bush shade was worth it.

That waggle dance was worth waiting for ! the guy on the R is the best dancer- U other 2 r 2 cautious 😆🤣

Thanks for the disclaimer 😂

There was this series on Netflix called 'Rotten', one episode of which was about the seamier side of the honey business.; how a lot of supermarket honey comes from China where they adulterate it with vegetable oils - how beekeepers make extra money trucking their hives around to pollinate farmer's fields and orchards, and how sometimes hives are stolen. Who knew? And, yes, honey doesn't go bad but it does go hard.

Nice dubya reference in there, Dan. 😉

Oooh, you should do torrone. That's my favorite honey application.

Hi Dan..thank you for the valuable information about Honey..can you please make episode about the canned food..thank you

the g dub nod earned you this thumbs up sir

Watch till the end for a big reveal. Yeah right. But Dan? Tempts with a waggle dance. A Waggle Dance! Well sum beeyatch. I had to see it.

I prefer sour wood honey! It has a deep, rich flavor. Clover honey is much lighter than sour wood honey..... But, it also has a lighter flavor. Bees are very intelligent! They're so very important. (That 'honey at KFC isn't honey, it's funny honey.) Most plastic bears 🐻 at the grocery store isn't real honey, either.

6:30 Missed an opportunity to play a clip from "Won't Get Fooled Again" by The Who. ;)

Funny, informative, and cute.

Not quite Broadway but you did keep your word in the end. 🐝👯🐝

Fireweed honey is the most decadent delicate and delicious honey out there. It is thinner than most honeys and very pale, the flavor is floral and easily overwhelmed so you can't just slap it on anything. A little on plain crackers or toast and you will get to enjoy it.

This content is like a more detailed version of what I learned from the Magic School Bus when I was a child lol

Dan, you're the bees' knees.

Great video! We've been keeping bees several years now and I knew about the tendency of the bees to repeatedly pollinate the same flowers where they've previously found nectar, but wans't familiar with the terms "monofloral" and "polyfloral." We're always learning! #RedCapHoney

I missed the recipe link - can you post? Thanks