This is National Honey Month--buy it LOCAL as it will help you avoid plant allergies. Honey is also a fermented food and the only substance that does not spoil--it is GOOD for you!!  While honey is also considered an herbal product-because the pollen comes from plants, you can enhance the healing quality by infusing your favorite herbs in honey for several weeks and use as cake glazes, tea sweeteners, throat soothers... My favorite herbs to use for this are: lavender, thyme, sage, pineapple sage, scented geraniums, ginger, anise hyssop, horehound