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Why all honeys, and not just manuka honey, have health benefits
Manuka honey has become renowned for its medical usefulness. But in fact all varieties of honey have useful health properties and therapeutic potential, and most societies and cultures around the world have always used honey as a medicine or medical tool. Generally speaking, honey is helpful for: Treating wounds, burns and cuts Eradicating antibiotic-resistant bacteria Soothing sore throats and coughs Addressing skin conditions The following article provides a summary of some of the natural chemical properties of honey that make it therapeutically useful. Honeys Antibacterial Properties Honey has an antiseptic quality insofar it inhibits the growth of bacteria. So when...
Bhoney launches in Australian retail honey market with Hi-Tech varroa mite protection project.
Bega Cheese Bhoney Purple Hive Project
ASX listed food company, Bega Cheese, has launched a range of pure Australian honey products in Coles Supermarkets branded Bhoney.
Sourced exclusively from Australian beekeepers, the honey has a distinctive purple themed packaging.
And the launch has been supported with an innovative demonstration of new technology that could provide early warning of Varroa mite infestation.
Gordon Ramsay discovers Tasmania’s unique leatherwood honey
Gordon ramsay Natgeo National Geographic Uncharted
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has discovered Tasmania’s unique leatherwood honey. And he’s seriously impressed.
“It's quite, I mean I've never tasted anything like it. he says, adding
“That honey is dense, spicy.”
His discovery comes midway through the first episode of the new season of Ramsay’s Uncharted that screened in the US on the Nat Geographic channel last weekend.
Capilano launches new imported honey brand – Cloverdale
Capilano Cloverdale imported honey
In fact, the new Cloverdale brand is so cheap it undercuts even Woolies home brand honey ($5.30) by at least 10%.
Just why Capilano’s merchant banker owners at Hive and Wellness have undercut both their main brand and the competition so savagely has prompted not a little angst in the Australian honey industry.
Australian Bushfires destroy more than 10,000 beehives
More than 10,000 beehives are estimated to have been lost to the Australian bushfires so far this summer, and the number is likely to rise.
Sarah Paradice, chief executive of the Australian Honey Bee Industry Council, said last week that the latest count is some 10,200 hives.
And with so many bushfires and so much infrastructure destroyed there are very real fears that the number may go much higher.