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I saw this past week where all Manuka honey in NZ was being recalled,
due to packaging claims (can't remember sort, right off - believe it was
latest Bee Culture magazine, but could have been a news item elsewhere).
NZ apparently doesn't allow health claims, but there were many on the
"wound-dressing" manuka honey products being sold.
Have you heard anything about this?
-K
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Mann
.... Our hillsides of manuka (_Leptospermum scoparium_)
in many cases represent the defeat of attempted pastoral farming but then
can yield very valuable medicinal honey. _Lantana_ spp are serious weeds
in parts of Australia but - if I'm correctly informed - a very good bee
plant. This general type of conflict is, I think, not rare.
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Robt Mann
consultant ecologist
P O Box 28878 Remuera, Auckland 1005, New Zealand
(9) 524 2949
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