Oh wow! I'm sorry to hear the beekeeper is spreading that word. Chestnut School Of Herbal Medicine teaches how to make these herb-infused honey as does Mountain Rose Herbs and several other herbal and natural medicine schools and blogs. There is much documented info on it. I actually learned it through a naturopath that I was doing an internship with years ago. As for currants, I so wish I could grow them here but unfortunately, they are illegal in our state because they carry a pathogen that effects the local/native trees. I can see about buying some dried in bulk though!