Just in case some people do not know - never use honey which has been radiated/radurised. Also watch out for 'fake' honey, which is made from sugar syrup with just a little honey added to give it the taste. It really is crap stuff and bad for you.

Honey is a real miracle nectar. Cut yourself? Put some honey on the wound and it will prevent the cut becoming infected. You have an abscess? Take a quarter teaspoon of honey and place it over the tooth. Keep it there for a while before swallowing.

Need something sweet? Use honey instead of sugar or all those other chemical products (even when they say, on the label, that it is made from a certain plant, the sweetener still has artificial chemicals which harm your body. Often, the way your body gets harmed means that your brain also is damaged. (If you become stupid and apathetic, how will you know it has happened to you?)

Do not believe others because they are doctors, scientists or, especially, because they are politicians. Always look at the scientific facts. For instance, the previous Minister of Health in South Africa, declared honeycomb as being toxic (bad for us) and made it illegal for honeycomb to be sold. Yet, I know humans have been eating it for thousands of years - and so do bears and other creatures. But we must not - however, the "elite" still ate it. Now it is legal again.

In this country it is expensive, but I make the sacrifice and buy half a kilo per month, for its important benefits to my health...and just because I love it!

PS: Most beekeepers (apiarists) I know, of small to medium size, only take a part of the production.