Beekeepers hunt for liquid gold

Updated September 22 2015 - 12:46pm, first published 9:38am
Beekeeper and spokesman for the Program, Ben Hooper, said there had been a huge response to a call for beekeepers to send in Leptospermum honey samples for testing.
Beekeeper and spokesman for the Program, Ben Hooper, said there had been a huge response to a call for beekeepers to send in Leptospermum honey samples for testing.

Australia’s beekeepers will be looking for ‘liquid gold’ this spring, sending in samples of honey from local forests of a similar species of trees to those that produce New Zealand’s valuable manuka honey.

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