The bees do not actual make the pollen into honey, but rather the bees gather nectar from the flowers. The nectar is what the flowers 'give' to the bee...sort of enticement from which in turns some of the pollen clings to the bee and as the bee goes from flower to flower to gather nectar, the flowers are pollinated by the pollen that clings to the bee. In some respects, it is almost a symbiotic relationship between bee and flower...the bee gets food, the flower gets pollinated.
It is from the nectar that the honey is made. The bee sort of swallows the nectar, but the regurgitates it and places it into the hive or honeycomb for storage.
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