It is interesting to study how that little wonder, the bee, makes its honey. We marvel, too, at the bee’s body and how this small and delicate structure is able to manufacture a substance that would need such cumbersome machinery if done by humans. Then we marvel at the diligent industry of the bee as we watch its flight over the flowering countryside – but these aspects are not what I wish to speak about right now. Our interest, at the moment, lies in the remedial value of honey, which has earned a high mark for itself in natural medicine.
In the ancient world honey was well known and appreciated for its healing properties but as time went on that knowledge fell into oblivion. The rediscovery and scientific explanation of the value of honey, however, has enabled it once more to assume its rightful place among natural remedies.
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