The Field

Creating a buzz

Honey Bees

oney has been used in medicine and cooking for centuries but as our appreciation of bees has grown, so has its trendiness. We now know that bees pollinate around a third of the world’s crops and threequarters of its wildflowers, and more about its medicinal properties. As a result, consumers increasingly eschew supermarket varieties for something more raw, artisan and local. They’re happy to pay

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