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The Great British honey scandal

The Great British honey scandal

The Slow Newscast • S1, Episode 319

The Great British honey scandal

For nearly a decade beekeepers around the world have been saying that there’s something very wrong with the honey industry. Prices are down, and so is production, but there’s more honey being sold than ever before. So what exactly is in that jar in your kitchen cupboard?

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