Not only is it very effective at treating scrapes, cuts and other wounds, it helps to minimize scarring -
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120131205919.htm


Research shows that it speed up healing in burns - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081007192524.htm


Research shows that it is effective against antibiotic-resistant infections, a very important application in a world where Staph skin infections are becoming increasingly common - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110412201713.htm


...and as an antibiotic - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100630111037.htm.
Notice in this article they state that they've known honey to be effective for "millennia" but the research is designed to promote a "medical" grade honey. Raw, UNHEATED honey is best, but their process will destroy the enzymes naturally present in honey.

Effective for surgical scars - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071017102057.htm.
Notice here where honey was found in the tomb of Egyptian King Tut, and it was still good and active.