This article from News-Medical.Net about a study using honey in place of antibiotics is fascinating to me. Researchers in Sydney found that certain kinds of honey can actually be more effective in treating surface wounds and infections than traditional antibiotics. If that sounds too good to be true, there is a small catch…it has to be honey from bees that feed on tea trees (Leptospermum), which are only found in Australian and New Zealand. I remember when we lived in New Zealand, they used tea tree oil to treat all kinds of ailments.