Honey has been around since the beginning of time, and with technology giving us so many artificial and chemical alternatives for everything from sweeteners to healing aids to beauty products it's easy to forget that something so simple and "old" has such an amazing list of benefits and properties. Good for everything from sweetening your tea to helping with insomnia, honey also has antibacterial properties and can sometimes even help with seasonal allergies.

This makes all the news lately about the honeybees struggling and disappearing especially distressing!