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.

-
Robt Mann
consultant ecologist
   P O Box 28878  Remuera, Auckland 1005, New Zealand
                (9) 524 2949