Latest News — Manuka honey Australia

Spring has definitely sprung and the first of the Manuka flowers have appeared at some of our beekeeping sites. In Australia, we beekeepers often call the plant Jellybush, so named because of the thick, gummy honey the bees produce. With more than 80 species of Leptospermum in Australia, at least 10 of which produce bioactive honey, flowering can occur at different sites over a number of months. As the flow of nectar finishes at one site, it might be starting at a different site. That's why as beekeepers we're regularly on the move. We do this to check the health of our...