Is Honey really 'Bee Vomit'? No! Honeybees have two types of stomachs, the first for their own food and the second, called the "honey stomach," for carrying nectar back to the hive. As the honeybee collects nectar, it is stored in the honey stomach, which can hold up to 70 mg of nectar. The nectar is then transferred from the honeybee's honey stomach to other hive mates, and as it is passed between bees, enzymes in their stomachs begin to break down the complex sugars in the nectar into simpler