How does honey, being so high in sugar, have antibacterial properties?

Question

A lump full of sugar sounds like bacterial heaven to me.

Edit: the question seems to be solved, thank you for all of your answers!

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Answer 1

For one thing, bacteria don’t necessarily eat straight sugar. That’s more of a fungus thing (molds and yeast).

For another thing, the *concentration* of sugar kills them by sucking all the fluid out of them osmotically.