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Radio 4 Extra,10 Jun 2011,10 mins

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The beautiful thick, sweet and luscious tasting delicacy of honey is one of the world's natural goodies. Indigenous peoples from all over the world will go to great lengths to get the honey from wild bees - and for most of us less connected to the natural world, we love this product of bees bought from the shop. Honey is nectar and David Attenborough poignantly points out this "was the first bribe in nature..." - it evolved 100,000,000 years ago with the flowering plants and drove the evolutionary relationship between animals and plants. Written and presented by Sir David Attenborough. Producer: Julian Hector First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2011.

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