The present Ordinance introduces the Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey into German national legislation. It applies to the different types of honey defined under article 3. For the purpose of this Ordinance, "honey" is the natural sweet substance produced by Apis mellifera bees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plants-sucking insects on the living parts of plants, which the bees collect, transform by combinin