Robin Forlonge PattersonSep 6, 2025
https://phys.org/news/2025-09-potential-aussie-health-honeys.html - "University of the Sunshine Coast researchers experienced in authenticating #manuka #honey have developed a new rapid, affordable test that can help identify the next premium #Australian honeys."
Cheeky Aussies stealing NZ's native language, but they do have far more #Leptospermum species than we do, apparently.
Seven potential Aussie 'health honeys' found

University of the Sunshine Coast researchers experienced in authenticating manuka honey have developed a new rapid, affordable test that can help identify the next premium Australian honeys.

Phys.org
iveylineMar 19, 2025
#Manuka flowers brightening up today. #photography #aotearoa #newzealand #flowers #mangonui
Mr. 🐐Jan 24, 2025
Testing #soft #icecream with #manuka #honey, it's very #sweet
AngelaNov 24, 2024
#Aotearoa #NZ: can anyone ID this variety of #mānuka? Its black needles and red blossoms really speak to my middle-aged #goth heart, and I'd like to find it for purchase somewhere in #Ōtautahi.
MsLizDec 2, 2023

Mānuka. Queens Park, in the native plant area #Invercargill Southland, New Zealand #Leptospermum scoparium. Various forms. 14 November. #Native NZ

#nzplants #NewZealand #BloomScrolling #manuka #teatree #spring #blossom

Mr SprogNov 7, 2023
A sooty orb weaver (#Salsa fuliginata) hanging out in a mānuka (#Leptospermum scoparium) Princess Anne tree.


#Canon #spider #Mānuka #flower #BloomScrolling
Mr SprogNov 6, 2023
Asian Paper Wasp(#Polistes chinensis) stealing from a Mānuka (#Leptospermum scoparium) [a pink variety, maybe Keatleyii] flower.

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/189614481

#wasp #BloomScrolling #Canon #PicnicRuiner #insect #Mānuka
Asian Paper Wasp (Polistes chinensis)

Asian Paper Wasp in November 2023 by stephen-ao

iNaturalist NZ
Mr SprogNov 1, 2023
Tiny little Zorion guttigerum hanging out on a mānuka bush.

#Canon #fly #zorion #mānuka

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/189614479
Zorion guttigerum

Zorion guttigerum in November 2023 by stephen-ao. Tiny fly on manuka

iNaturalist NZ
Spoontaneous ConsumptionSep 10, 2023

Wie die international explodierte Nachfrage nach Manuka Honig das Imkermillieu in der Südsee kriminalisiert hat. In der Folge wurden ganze Bienenvölker getötet.

Honey wars: crime and killings in New Zealand's booming manuka industry (2016)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/04/manuka-honey-wars-new-zealand-crime-booming-industry-poisoning-beatings

Mittlerweile leidet NZ an Überproduktion von Manuka:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/05/new-zealand-drowning-in-manuka-honey-after-a-boom-in-beekeeping

(#Manuka Honig hat übrigens keine nachweisliche Wirkung im menschlichen Körper und fördert die Schmerzentwicklung bei Wundbehandlung.)

Honey wars: crime and killings in New Zealand's booming manuka industry

An extraordinary rise in the popularity of manuka honey has led to mass poisonings of bees, thefts, vandalism and beatings

The Guardian
RaphiiSep 1, 2023

I've just released some freckles for #Manuka!

Like usual, the package contains 9 variations: 3 different types with 3 color variations each!

You can grab them over on my Booth page (300JPY):
https://raphiiko.booth.pm/items/5060349

#VRChat #マヌカ3D

「マヌカ・Manuka」そばかす / Freckles - Raphii's Shop - BOOTH

◆日本語訳は下にスクロールしてください◆ Add some freckles to your Manuka avatar with these textures! It includes 3 different freckle variations, each with three intensities, adding up to 9 different textures in total. These textures are only guaranteed to work with Manuka v1.00. Original avatar (Model not included):