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I can see the UK bowing to this pressure after Brexit. (I'm a beekeeper btw).

• ptah 7y ago
  i saw a documentary about manuka honey recently. apparently it can be done in UK too?
  • mkl 7y ago
    Manuka 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 ago
      new 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 ago
      It'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.