[throwaway2037]

Why do consumers think honey is a special food deserving to spend so much money upon it? I never understand it. Also, I am no doubting this specific Forbes-hosted blog (as I call them), but reader beware. I don't think there is any editorial guidance from the main publishing house. You see all kinds of dubious crap posted on that platform! In the last year or so, HN front page now specifically distinguished blog posts from these subsites, versus the main publisher's website.

[portaouflop]

Honey is a special food and one of the key ingredients for modern civilisation

[throwaway2037]

   > one of the key ingredients for modern civilisation

I tried to Google about this but I could not find anything scientific. Lots of of pseudo-science, however. Can you explain more? Essentially, honey is sugar, an inessential part of the human diet. What am I missing?

[portaouflop]

Without bees agriculture is not possible. Without agriculture modern civilisation would not exist.