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Old 14-04-2011, 11:45 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Mabuka honey in IOW

Pam Moore wrote:

I don't see how they can restrict the bees only to those bushes in an
area like IOW where there must be plenty of choice of plants for bees.
If the bees foraging far and wide it won't be pure Manuka honey.


FWIW, bees will work whatever is close to home and higher in sugar
content...no honey is really pure anything, but some things can dominate.
Some beekeepers in the U.S. produce a nice orange blossom honey, which is
kind of neat, because citrus doesn't really need bee pollination.

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