As someone said, there are a lot of people who skip the dues and the craft and go directly to the self-advertising. And honey has so many different flavors, but refined sugar only has one flavor. I tend to avoid refined sugar when I can use honey, and it is mostly a matter of taste rather than ideology. Dan, I know very little. I have been tempted to start beekeeping, but I already have too many obsessions.
Gardening is obsession enough.
Indeed, roses alone are an entire universe. And I recall that some work has been done on using honey to concentrate beneficial substances from certain flowering plants. So I am really a beginner, without a great deal of time to get into depth. Australian Leatherwood honey, from Tasmania, is incredibly scrumptious, expensive, and comes in a really neat can that I use to hold pens, pencils, and brushes. But I don't indulge in the extravagance.