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Genuine Manuka Honey at SummerGlow Apiaries

Friday 27 May 2016, 3:20PM

By Media PA

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Genuine Manuka Honey at SummerGlow Apiaries
Genuine Manuka Honey at SummerGlow Apiaries Credit: Media PA

By Tristan Hooker/MediaPA

 

Manuka honey is well known world-wide for its medicinal benefits and is a highly sought after natural healing product, due to its unique antibacterial properties.

 

However, back in the days when Edmund Hillary was a beekeeper, Manuka honey was not sought after at all.  In fact, according to James Jeffery from Waikato’s SummerGlow Apiaries, many apiarists considered Manuka honey to be a hindrance.

 

This is because Manuka honey has an unusual consistency.  It fits into a category known as thixotropic liquids. In other words, it has a gel-like consistency which makes it difficult to extract from the honeycomb.

 

“It’s one of the little quirks of the industry really,” says James Jeffery. “30 or 40 years ago, Manuka Honey was a curse to most of the beekeepers in the country because they couldn’t extract it.  These days machinery has been developed which makes the extraction process easier.”

 

James says most beekeepers would move their hives away from areas where Manuka was flowering because they didn’t want them contaminated with Manuka honey.  If Manuka honey was found in the hives, it was usually scraped off and fed to cows and pigs. 

 

“That’s when they initially started questioning what was different about that honey,” says James.  “The cattle were doing very nicely on the Manuka honey they were being fed.  

 

These days Manuka honey is a highly valued product, with its importance and popularity leading to the necessity of rigorous industry standards to ensure the consumer is buying genuine medical grade Manuka honey.

 

SummerGlow Apiaries specialise in the highest quality UMF16+ Manuka honey.  They undergo rigorous testing to ensure all their Manuka honey meets industry standards.  SummerGlow were the first Manuka honey producers in New Zealand to become UMF (Unique Manuka Factor) licenced.

 

Manuka honey can be a complicated subject, especially when there are so many businesses trying to get a foot in the door of the industry.  That’s why it’s important to stick with the experts.  SummerGlow are industry leaders and guarantee what they sell as genuine, UMF licenced Manuka honey.

 

 

Contact SummerGlow:

 

 

Phone: 07 829 7641

 

 

Address: 131 Richards Road, Te Kowhai, RD8, Hamilton

 

 

Email: margaret@summerglow.co.nz

 

 

Website: www.manukahoney.co.nz

 

 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/SummerGlowApiaries

 

 

Twitter: twitter.com/SummerGlowNZ

 

 

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