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Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Early harvest prevents toxic honey
Bees who collect nectar from the toxic tutu bush in New Zealand also produce a toxic honey, so beekeepers are harvesting early to prevent the disastrous situation.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Some neurotoxin in New Zealand honey...via other insects
Low levels of a neurotoxin are being found in certain New Zealand honey. From the news article:
Tutin gets into honey when bees collect honeydew excreted by passion vine hopper insects which have been feeding on the tutu plant. Tutin doesn't harm bees.
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