Honey and Healing by Pamela Munn & Richard Jones (eds) History Journalist and Broadcaster

Journalist and Broadcaster

Laurence Packer is one of the world’s leading experts on wild bees and the author of Keeping the Bees: Why All Bees Are at Risk and What We Can Do to Save Them

with so much more still to be learnt

Steve now works for the USDA Bee Culture Division in Tucson

Liz is well known for selling her Products of the Hive at shows and farmers’ markets and for her success at showing beeswax in local competitions

Honey and Healing by Pamela Munn & Richard Jones (eds) History Journalist and BroadcasterThis book was derived from papers given at the meeting organised by the International Bee Research Association entitled: Honey and healing: from the hive to the hospital which was held at the University of Cardiff on 7 October 2000. The programme for the meeting stated: Man has known the curative properties of honey from the earliest times. We may have forgotten, in latter years, just what medicinal benefits the golden harvest of the hive can bring.