Publications

Brooks, P. & the University of the Sunshine Coast Honey Lab. (2020). Australian Manuka Honey – 2020 Update. CRC for Honey Bee Products, Australia. Download Copy.

Brooks, P. & the University of the Sunshine Coast Honey Lab. (2020). The analysis of antimicrobial bioactive components of Australian Leptospermum honeys and nectars – Status report 2020. CRC for Honey Bee Products, Australia. Download Copy.

Beiranvand, S., Williams, A., Long, S., Brooks, P., & Russell, F. (2020). Use of kinetic data to model potential antioxidant activity: Radical Scavenging Capacity of Australian Eucalyptus Honeys. Food Chemistry, Article in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128332

Green, K.J., Dods, K., & Hammer, K.A. (2020). Development and validation of a new microplate assay that utilises optical density to quantify the antibacterial activity of honeys including Jarrah, Marri and Manuka. PLoS ONE 15(12): e0243246. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243246

Hammer, K. (2020). Final Report Summary: Development of honey bee products from a biodiversity hotspot. Download Copy

Holliday, R., Martinus, K., & Boruff, B. (2020). Agritourism in Southwest Western Australia. Cooperative Research Centre for Honey Bee Products, Perth, Western Australia. ISBN: 978-1-74052-977-8

Islam, M.K., Sostaric, T., Lim, L.Y. et al. (2020). A validated method for the quantitative determination of sugars in honey using high-performance thin-layer chromatography. JPC-J Planar Chromat. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00764-020-00054-9

Islam, M.K., Sostaric, T., Lim, L.Y. et al. (2020). Development and validation of an HPTLC–DPPH assay and its application to the analysis of honey. JPC-J Planar Chromat. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00764-020-00033-0

Islam, M.K., Sostaric, T., Lim L.Y., Hammer, K., & Locher, C. (2020). Sugar profiling of honeys for authentication and detection of adulterants using High-Performance Thin Layer Chromatography. Molecules. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25225289 

Patel, V., Pauli, N., Biggs, E. et al. (2020). Why bees are critical for achieving sustainable development. Ambio. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01333-9

Patel, V. & Biggs, E. & Pauli, N. & Boruff, B. (2020). Using a social-ecological system approach to enhance understanding of structural interconnectivities within the beekeeping industry for sustainable decision making. Ecology and Society. 25. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11639-250224

Sindi, A., Bawi Chawn, M V., Hernandez, M E., Green, K., Islam, M K., Locher, C., Hammer, K. (2019). Anti-biofilm effects and characterisation of the hydrogen peroxide activity of a range of Western Australian honeys compared to Manuka and multifloral honeys. Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 17666 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54217-8

Ravinka, D.K. (2020). Identification of Leptospermum scoparium essential oils and their genetic control. (Masters thesis). University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia. Download Copy.

Sietsma, I. (2019). Comparing nectar sugar quantification methods and monitoring nectar sugar secretion in Eucalyptus caesia. (Thesis). CRC for Honey Bee Products. Perth, Australia. Download Copy.

Van Bawi Chawn, M. (2018). Contribution of hydrogen peroxide to the antimicrobial activity of Western Australian honey (unpublished Honours thesis). CRC for Honey Bee Products, Perth, Australia.  Download Copy

Mpofu, M,M. (2018) An investigation of the climatic drivers of the flowering phenology of Corymbia calophylla (Marri) in the Wellington district of Western Australia. (Masters thesis). CRC for Honey Bee Products, Perth, Australia. Download Copy

Dowell, L. (2018) Observing the difference between flowering and non-flowering Corymbia calyophylla (Marri) using satellite-derived vegetation indices. (Masters thesis). CRC for Honey Bee Products, Perth, Australia. Download Copy