Ok, so it's after party medication only :). Would be nice for it to be more beneficial because of the cultivation effort. I respect the vision of the developers although I certainly think something logical between 'Milk Buckets' and 'QuantumSuit Helmet' wouldn't be a deal breaker. (Don't say health potions!)
It remains incredibly useful for beekeepers... especially since Forestry in its strange sense of humor makes you spend hours with a bee that poisons you every few ticks in order to let you construct equipment that protects you from being poisoned by bees...