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afaik neonicotinoids are banned in EU and the US is trying to force them to unban it
by ptah 7y ago
afaik neonicotinoids are banned in EU and the US is trying to force them to unban it
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoI can see the UK bowing to this pressure after Brexit. (I'm a beekeeper btw).
- ptah 7y agoi saw a documentary about manuka honey recently. apparently it can be done in UK too?
- mkl 7y agoManuka is a tree native to New Zealand and Australia, so that seems unlikely. Do you mean similar beekeeping techniques with different flowering plants? I just did a search for [manuka honey uk], and found there's an awful lot of woo-woo around what to me in NZ is fairly ordinary honey!
- ptah 7y agonew zealand climate (especially in the south) is not far off UK climate as far as i can tell. i found this http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cornwall/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8796000/8796789.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cornwall/hi/people_and_places/na...
- tim333 7y agoIt's a big business here selling for silly money eg https://www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/pure-gold-premium-select-manuka-honey-mgo-850-60048844?skuid=048844 https://www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/pure-gold-pre... Apparently it does have some antibiotic properties beyond normal honey due to containing methylglyoxal.