Students at Israel’s Technion Institute have developed synthetic honey that has never been near a bee. They manipulated the bacterium Bacillus subtilis in the lab to produce the same enzymes that occur in the bee’s stomach. Their innovation won gold at MIT’s international iGEM competition for synthetic biology.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/technion-students-artificial-honey-nabs-gold-at-international-competition/

https://worldisraelnews.com/israeli-team-wins-gold-for-producing-bee-free-honey/