[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.