How Honey Can Fight Deadly Bacteria

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Published 2016-05-11
Believe it or not, that cute bear bottle has serious bacteria fighting power—but how does it work? Join Hank Green for a new episode of SciShow all about the amazing properties of honey! Let's go!

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All Comments (21)
  • @hanieldarrison
    i feel like a bee would be shocked to learn this information
  • @danalloway7002
    how abt a video on Aloe vera, more in depth view of this plant.
  • My wife is a nurse, and they have an ointment called “medihoney” that they use for wounds, which has honey in it. It works very well!
  • @butcher9266
    Honey is the only food on earth that never goes bad. Those bees are amazing
  • @pnkflyd66
    What did the bees do after they got married? They went on a honeymoon.
  • @jestemqiqi7647
    Man, bees are really some of the coolest creatures on earth. We must protect them at all costs!
  • PSA- only use medical grade honey! When I was a second year podiatry student in a Large hospital I was in line to work up the first patient of the day. As I was walking from the office to his room I could smell the patient before I saw him. When I got there I asked him what he was dressing the wound with. "I was using medihoney but I couldn't make my appointment last week so I used some Manuka honey from my shelf." Well it caused him to have gas gangrene with, you guessed it a clostridium infection. He ended up loosing his entire lower leg because of that infection.:{ Morale of the story always use medical grade honey on wounds.
  • @konooleh
    Watched this episode, went to the kitchen, ate a spoon of honey.
  • @Waxwell1
    Go out and support your local beekeepers! Bees are SO, SO, SO important to the world's agricultural market that without bees, we wouldn't have a majority of fruits, nuts, or legumes that we have today. The steps to save the bees are so simple, yet nobody cares even when they should. Save our bees!
  • My coworker is a bee keeper as a hobby. Occasionally he will bring some in and the last time he just cut a square of the actual wax that was saturated with honey. There’s nothing better than tearing off a piece and just chewing on it. My new favorite thing I didn’t even know about
  • @devganesh7000
    Bee stings me* Bee dies* I use honey to cure it* Bees: This has been the worst trade deal since the history of trade deals
  • @ferouihamza
    Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails.
  • @MsTwinkle101
    somewhere in the world... a diabetic is crying.
  • @rufiorufioo
    Those incredible little insects are so damn interesting. So much to learn about them and what they do.
  • His presentation is in a class of his own. No time wasting waffling ..... only FACTS. A lesson of efficiency for all future YouTube makers.
  • @johntonge9818
    Whenever I come across a beekeeper at a farmers market, I thank them for their efforts.
  • @ajikoko8905
    I really, really want to be a bee keeper since a long time ago. But I never once lived in a countryside, and still make a living in a city. I wish one day I could save some money to build an apiary, and brake through my comfort zone to become one.