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Re: medicinal honey last update
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Robert Mann <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:27:55 +1300
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Keith Parker wrote:
>Robert what is manuka honey?

        sorry  -  I assumed it was better known, if only because I have
been plugging it on this list repeatedly  -  honey from a shrub of the
myrtle family, _Leptospermum scoparium_  (Maori name: manuka) has been
shown to be an even more antiseptic wound dressing than other honeys.
        The leading researcher is Peter Molan PhD, U of Waikato:
 http://honey.bio.waikato.ac.nz

R

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

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