CATCH THE BUZZ – Australia Honey has Unique Pollen Signature.
Australian honey, produced from domesticated European honey bees mostly foraging in native vegetation, is unique. Under the microscope, most Australian honey samples can be…
Read MoreAustralian honey, produced from domesticated European honey bees mostly foraging in native vegetation, is unique. Under the microscope, most Australian honey samples can be…
Read MoreAlan Harman The Australian government gives a A$165,000 (US$129,562) grant to the Australian Manuka Honey Association to support activities to address issues in international…
Read MoreBy: Sean Murphy In high demand, Jarrah and Marri honey fetches a high price due to its medicinal properties (ABC News: Western Australia is experiencing…
Read MoreLeah McBey WHAT’S IN A NAME: Burnie’s Skoop Wholefoods owner Kirsten Goninon and co-worker Darralin Housegoh hold a jar of high-value local manuka honey….
Read MoreSoaring Chinese demand and growing local health markets represent the sweetest opportunity for honey producer Capilano, a new analyst report says. Rising demand for…
Read MoreAustralian honey producers have been stung by the news that New Zealand’s honey industry is in the process of trying to trademark the word…
Read MoreBy: Kit Mochan Same plants, same honey … so why does New Zealand want to trademark manuka? The ongoing fight between Australian and New…
Read MoreAlan Harman Australian promoters are reported working on a project to clone the strongest medical Manuka honey available and produce it in a…
Read MoreLibby Bingham Master beekeeper Lindsay Bourke, Australian Honey Bee Industry Council chairman, is against NZ’s push to trademark manuka honey. Two award-winning Coastal honey…
Read MoreClose check: An audit found that more than 100 hives in Victoria’s North West had clinical signs of American foulbrood. LARGE scale biosecurity checks…
Read MoreBy: Robin McConchie Bees in the United States and Europe are starting to evolve through natural selection to survive a mite that has been…
Read MoreProvided by: University of Technology, Sydney Australian manuka honey is at least as powerful against bacteria as the more commonly known New Zealand variety,…
Read MoreAlan Harman Australia imposes a regional quarantine after Varroa mites are found in northern Queensland and they may have been there for years. Confirmation…
Read MoreAlan Harman Australian honey producer Capilano Honey Ltd. Announces a A$16.8-million ($12.1-million) capital raising offer on the Australian Stock Exchange, saying the money will…
Read MoreBy Carolyn Stokes, CBC News The Newfoundland and Labrador government is allowing the importation of honey bees from Western Australia, one of the few other…
Read MoreAlan Harman One of the last active beekeepers in Australia’s Northern Territory says too many controlled bush fires have made it impossible to run…
Read MoreResearch has for the first time revealed the heavy metal secret behind an Australian bee’s unique approach to pollination: High-speed headbanging. IMAGE: Research has for…
Read MoreETH Zurich Goldenrod, Himalayan balsam, Chinese windmill palm: three plants, one problem. All are native to continents other than Europe, but were introduced to…
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