Jarrah and marri honey: A liquid goldrush of medical benefits
Western Australia is experiencing a new gold rush, but it has nothing to do with precious metals. It’s liquid gold — honey sourced from the state’s unique jarrah and other forests, rich in antimicrobial and other health giving properties. Farm gate prices have increased tenfold in the last decade and the strongest “medi-honeys” are now …
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The Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Honey Bee Products will provide a much-needed boost to Australia’s valuable, but largely untapped, honey bee industry by bringing together industry and research expertise from across Australia. Established in 2017, the five-year CRC aims to resolve current industry problems that limit the value and expansion of the industry. At …
Australian government funding totalling $7million will underwrite a new ‘Honey Bee Products’ research centre led by the University of Western Australia. To be spent over the next five years, the funding is being matched by a further $19.2million in cash and kind from other universities and from private sector organisations including Capilano. Dr Liz Barbour …
Science Communication student Tamara Pinkerton chats with Dr Liz Barbour in this 4 minute podcast, about the buzz of excitement around the new Collaborative Research Centre for Honey Bee Products in Yanchep, Western Australia. Stay tuned in 2018 for an upcoming series of podcasts with the researchers from the Centre to find out more about …
There are significant plans for the development of Manuka Honey in the Peel and South West of Western Australia, and it is intended that this area will become a global center of excellence for the development of premium quality Manuka honey for medicinal pharmaceutical and premium food industries. This is the vision of Western …
The CRC for Honey Bee Products Limited now exists as a company as of 1st July. We are honoured to have a board that includes three independent board members, Mr Paul McKenzie, Ms Margie Thomas and Mr Tony Cull supported by participant board members, Dr Ben McKee and Mr Gin Wah Ang that bring a …
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The CRC’s CEO Liz Barbour talks to Parwinder Kaur and Armin Patrick Scheben from The Scope about the science behind the bee industry and the CRC’s role in increasing the value of honey products in Australia.
Bees are essential to our life, but how much do we know about them? When we see a bee, do we imagine an animal that might harm us, or one that is helping to feed us? Mat Welch talks bees at TEDx, presented in Perth 2014.
A world without bees would be missing many fruits, vegetables and nuts—not to mention honey. Colony collapse disorder has wreaked havoc on bee populations around the world. This is a serious problem where bees set out to gather pollen but never make it back to the hive. Small but important, bees help pollinate one-third of …
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The marketing of Manuka honey has been so successful that its price has soared. Counterfeit products are rife! When you pick up a jar of honey, you think ‘Bees’! But you should also be thinking… which plants have these bees been feeding on? Why, I hear you ask? Because every jar of honey is vastly …
