What's that, honey?

I'm having a Honey renaissance! I used to really love it, so much so I'd have it for breakfast every day: honey on bread, honey in yoghurt, porridge and honey, eggs and honey, honey and bacon, that sort of thing. But then we drifted apart, lost contact, I think we just outgrew each other. That sort of thing tends to happen with honey. Anyway the other morning whilst eating croissants, I just so happened to stumble upon a jar of honey in a most Pooh-like fashion. [Please note: I would like to point out I avoid the traditional French pronunciation of 'croissant' preferring my new and improved English version 'cruss-onts'. Sure it may be wrong, but it makes me sound a damn sight less pretentious.] So I spread a little honey, and man, that is good stuff. And a thought struck me: What is in honey? There are no listed ingredients in honey apart from... honey! Yet it's not a naturally occurring product like carrots, cauliflower or Coca-Cola. No no no! It's manufactured! By bees! So is nectar basically raw honey? And then the bees boil it up and melt it down or something? Do they add anything to sweeten it? It can't literally just be nectar and pollen can it...? They must add some thickening agent to it, like flour or yeast. Actually we probably don't want to know any of this do we, as they probably spit, piss and poo it out of their tiny little honey-making orifices don't they? Yum! Think of that the next time you spread.