Mu said:IW. H. Roscher thinks that both nectar and ambrosia were kinds of honey, in which case their power of conferring immortality would be due to the supposed healing and cleansing power of honey,
I think it was last months issue of The Rake Magazine that had an article about recent advances in HIV/AIDS research and honey bees...
aha! and I was right.
here it is:http://www.rakemag.com/stories/section_detail.aspx?itemID=10607&catID=146&SelectCatID=146