Honey is a natural food product with sweet taste and precious nutrients, produced by Apis mellifera, Vespa sp. or Meliponini sp. from nectar of various types of flowers. It’s taste, color and smell depends on the flower, from which nectar was collected. From ancient times it was used as food product and it’s considered to be the oldest sweetening substance in human’s cuisine. In recent times scientists got interested in medical properties of honey and it’s influence on people’s health. It was proved that honey has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-proliferative and antineoplastic properties. Honey has an influence on our immune system and helps to kill bacteria. It is confirmed that honey have an influence on diabetes, cardiovascular system, oral cavity, respiratory tract or eye diseases. What more, honey can improve fertility, because of it’s antioxidant properties. The most famous honey is Manuka honey, which is known all over the world due to containment of methyloglyoxal (substance that is capable of killing bacteria). Unfortunately, in some cases honey can contain endospores and botuline toxin, that can cause infant botulism.