What is Manuka honey? Manuka honey is made from the nectar foraged from the Leptospermum family of plants. Bees collect the nectar from these plants to produce Manuka honey. Different varieties and locations of the Leptospermum plants create different strengths of Manuka honey. The Leptospermum group of plants, with over 83 known species, is endemic …
What is Manuka Honey? Manuka honey is known for its natural medicinal properties. The Methylglyoxal (MGO) present in Manuka honey is what makes it unique. MGO has potent and long-lasting antibacterial, prebiotic, anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties. Manuka honey is produced in Australian and New Zealand from the Leptospermum family of plants. The bees collect …
What is Manuka honey? Manuka honey is produced from the nectar collected from the Leptospermum species of plant. Manuka honey is unique because it contains Methylglyoxal (MGO). MGO along with Hydrogen Peroxide gives this honey additional and potent antibacterial, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. The honey is tested and assigned an MGO rating based on the …
What is Manuka Honey? Manuka honey is produced by nectar gathered from the Leptospermum family of plants. Manuka is the Maori name for Leptospermum scoparium. Leptospermum scoparium is found in both Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand was first to successfully market the benefits of Manuka honey. Manuka honey is unique because it contains antibacterial …
How long has Manuka honey been around for? Manuka honey or Leptospermum honey originating in Australia has been around for centuries. First Nations people from Australia have probably been using Leptospermum honey produced by native stingless bees for over 40,000 years. This highly medicinal honey is used for various ailments such as sore throats and …
What is Manuka honey? Manuka Honey is a medicinal honey produced in Australia and New Zealand. It has a wide range of health and healing benefits from topical wound healing to gut health. When bees forage on the beautiful pink and white blossoms of the Leptospermum genus of plants they produce this exceptional honey. Bees …
A move to discontinue a High Court Appeal by a New Zealand group could signpost an opportunity for a new chapter in Manuka’s history in which greater collaboration between the New Zealand and Australian Manuka Honey Industries can flourish. “This is a win for everyone because it means we can bring a greater focus to …
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Can I use Manuka Honey as an Eczema Cream? The short answer is, “yes!” Manuka Honey may be delicious, but it is far more than just a sweetener for your tea or to drizzle over your cereal. Manuka Honey contains special bioactive properties that help ward off bacteria, acts as an anti-inflammatory and assists in …
Like many others, we are greatly concerned for bees and community Australia-wide. The sadness in euthanising bees as a result of the Varroa mite landing at the Newcastle Port a couple weeks ago, is overwhelming. From fires, to floods, to this deadly parasite – our thoughts are with other beekeepers as we face yet another …
By Kerrie Armstrong It may sound too sweet to be true, but research is underway to see whether honey could replace some antibiotic treatments. If you had told Professor Liz Harry she would one day be researching honey as an antibiotic alternative she would have laughed. But in the battle against increasing antibiotic resistance in …
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Bee Swarms Work Like Giant Brains, Where Each Bee Is a Nerve Cell (Bee Science Shows) On their own, bee brains are fairly remarkable things, although human computing power still trumps them. But new (bee science) research suggests that individual members of a swarm behave surprisingly like neurons in a human brain.] Not only does …
Horse wound healing can be aided with high MGO Manuka Honey. Horse wound healing can apparently be dramatically aided by the application of high MGO Manuka Honey according to a recent study by the University of Sydney School of Veterinary Science. Here’s a section of their article on the report. Manuka honey can have significant …
The Australian Manuka Honey Industry has some great news. They’ve received a $165k Grant. While this article doesn’t mention that Australia’s Manuka Honey is also a member of AMHA, it does explain quite well the implications of the grant for the industry as a whole. The Australian Manuka Honey Association (AMHA) has received a $165,000 …
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Attract Native Bees to your Garden with these awesome flower planting suggestions from www.1millionwomen.com.au. Not only do flowers flood your garden with gorgeous swaths of colour, but they also create a fertile sanctuary and foraging zones for Native Bees. Native bees come in all different sizes and colour schemes and while most are stingless, they …
Change the world one bee at a time. We all know that the honey bee is vital for pollination and securing our food supply. But with the recent dramatic decline in honey bee populations around the world, the need to save, protect and nurture honey bees has become ever more pressing. With nothing more than …
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The history of the honeybee arriving in Australia is an interesting topic. It may well have been earlier than 1822 that honey bees first arrived in Australia. But who’s to know? Peter Barrett of Caloundra, Queensland has looked into the history of the honeybee arriving in Australia in extra ordinary detail. Read his amazingly well …
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Keeping Australia’s broad range of native bees just got easier with the release of the new Australian native bees guide, produced by NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Tocal College. NSW DPI, Education Officer Professional Development, Danielle Lloyd-Prichard said the new Australian native bees guide provides a wealth of advice on how to support and enjoy …
Tasmanian beekeepers claim ‘we were first’ in battle with New Zealand The Manuka Honey Debate continues – yet to be resolved. Tasmanian honey producers say they have the proof “manuka honey” was produced on the island state years before New Zealand — and the Kiwis can buzz off if they think they can claim ownership …
Excerpt from original Manuka Honey Science research article published by frontiersin.org The IL-6/STAT3 Signalling Pathway Is an Early Target of Manuka Honey-Induced Suppression of Human Breast Cancer Cells Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women worldwide with a mortality rate of >500,000 annually, 62% of deaths occurring in developing countries (1). Despite improved …
Pilot study shows evidence of healing in atopic dermatitis An open-label, pilot study has found that the topical application of manuka honey may be effective in treating atopic dermatitis lesions. Abdullah A. Alangari M.D., the study’s lead author and an allergist at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, says he was prompted to investigate the …
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This is a very good article about Manuka Honey. It is long, but it’s a scientific publication that highlights the importance of accurate testing and labelling of Medical Grade Honeys. Since super bugs aren’t able to develop a resistance to Medical Grade Honey as they do with antibiotics, accurate testing and labelling is not only …
On the music festival Bluesfest site near Byron Bay in northern New South Wales some of the world’s finest honey is being produced. On the former tea tree plantation there are 50 bee hives owned and tended to by beekeeper Michael Howes from Tyagarah Apiaries. “We’ve had the bees here at this site coming on …
This well written article attempts to define the problem currently facing the honey industry in both Australia and New Zealand. As scientists are now discovering, Australia is very likely a much more abundant and prolific source of potent, scientifically proven Active Leptospermum honey; conventionally termed “Manuka Honey”. The word “Manuka” itself is Maori in origin, …
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The nation’s busiest pollinators have received a boost after the official launch of a multi-faceted effort to maintain the health of Australia’s bees along with the country’s $1.8 billion pollination-reliant horticulture and grain industries. Horticulture Innovation Australia, the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council and Grain Producers Australia have joined forces to deliver a $3M program …
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Our research team is running a project looking for more sources of medicinal Australian Leptospermum honey (aka jelly bush, or Australian manuka). We are asking beekeepers with access to Leptospermum honeys from anywhere in the country to provide samples to include in this research project until 2017 (exact date will be announced closer to the …
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For the flu season, a natural remedy and a good cold fighting recipe. This is pretty much the recipe which I use every winter when I feel a cold coming on. The important thing is to get it into you fast. As soon as you notice cold symptoms make up a brew and keep taking …
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Australian leptospermum honey has the potential to surpass New Zealand’s Mānuka honey for both activity and scale. Mānuka derived from New Zealand’s sole leptospermum tree, leptospermum scoparium is the gold standard in medicinal honey. Australia is the homeland of leptospermum with 85 of the world’s 87 species, yet little is known about the potential of …
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If you have a mind for Leptospermum Honey science then this will be of interest. Here are the results of a study recently published in the scientific journal PloS ONE into the properties and potential availability of Australia’s manuka honey. Abstract Most commercially available therapeutic honey is derived from flowering Leptospermum scoparium (manuka) plants from …
Australian Manuka honey as powerful against superbugs as NZ variety, researchers say. Manuka honey made by bees foraging on Australian native plants has antibacterial properties at least as powerful as the famous New Zealand variety, according to new research, but New Zealand producers are trying to trademark the name. New Zealand-made manuka honey has long …
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