Why make a bee hotel? There are over 1700 species of native bees in Australia, and they play an extremely important environmental role, working tirelessly as pollinators. So, it makes sense that your garden is as bee friendly as possible. That means providing food for them with flowers, water to drink, gardening organically [...]
How many honey types do you know? How many honeys are out there? Hundreds, thousands, even millions. It just depends on how specific you want to be. At the very least, there are as many varieties of honey as there are varieties of flowering plants that bees pollinate. A beekeeper can set up their [...]
Different Ways to Consume Manuka Honey Berringa’s Manuka Honey is so delicious and so easy to fit into your health and wellness regimen. So, if you’ve got your hands on some, how are you using it? Whilst you could get that instant measure of manuka by gulping it straight from a spoon — and [...]
LIGHT VS DARK HONEY If you have ever seen different varieties of honey next to each other, you’d have seen that there is a significant difference in colour between some of them. Have you ever wondered why honey exists in different colours and shades? Is lighter honey colour better than darker? Understanding the [...]
MANUKA HONEY AGAINST COLD, FLU, & COVID19 There are lots of things you can do to help prevent colds and flus, including keeping your body warm, taking Vitamin C, and eating your fruits and veg to keep yourself in overall good health. But when that cough or cold seems to make its way [...]
REPLACING SUGAR IN YOUR COFFEE WITH HONEY With pumpkin spice and gingerbread lattes, macchiatos, frappuccinos, mochas, and countless others on the menu for many years now, people often forget that there is a simpler way to sweeten your beverage of choice- using raw and unfiltered honey. Typically, replacing white sugar with honey in a [...]
CRYSTALLISED HONEY AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT Have you ever noticed your raw & unfiltered honey looking a little hard, grainy, and lumpy? Before you impulsively throw it out, know that your honey is not bad, it’s just changing! When honey changes from liquid to a semi-solid state, is called crystallised [...]
A GUIDE TO CHOOSING THE RIGHT MGO MANUKA Methylglyoxal (MGO) is the magic ingredient in manuka honey, a compound that makes manuka honey so special. Not all Manuka honey is created equal and MGO levels can vary greatly. The MGO number tells you how much MGO is in your jar of honey, it [...]
MGO vs UMF vs NPA vs DHA For centuries, honey has been known to have broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties, and has been used to treat a variety of ailments. This medicinal value, which is exhibited by many types of honey, is believed to come from features such as honey’s acidity (low pH), high sugar [...]
6 Ways to Help Protect Bees There are many preventative actions we can take to help protect our fuzzy friends! 🐝✨💛 Here are some tips on how you can help our buzzing buddies have a thriving life! Plant bee friendly plants Planting these types of plants creates a safe habitat for bees to [...]