After bedding down over winter our bee-friendly garden is awake, rewarding bees with nectar and pollen. Our sunflowers are absolutely stunning this year and from the seedlings we’ve grown, we hope to keep these happy flowers blooming all summer long.
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With a strong El Nino weather pattern expected to deliver drought conditions this summer, we’re laying down thick layers of mulch to help lock in moisture. We make our own from composted kitchen waste, grass clippings and other green waste. We even have a mulching machine to grind and add our used biodegradable coffee cups to the mix.
Have you heard about Project Crimson? This charity works hard to Plant blue and yellow flowering plants and create a water supply protect and enhance populations of NZ rata and pohutukawa. Every - with twigs – so bees have purchase made at Huka Honey Hive helps us to support Project Crimson, access to fresh water, which which in turn keeps our bee populations healthy. benefits bees, pollination and helps create delicious honey.
Summer Refreshments Red Mead is delicious slightly chilled enhancing the unique fruit and honey flavours. For a bit of fizz add some soda water and ice.
What is MGO? It’s stands for methylglyoxal and is found in high concentrations in manuka honey (according to German researchers, up to 1000 times greater than in other honey).
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Gifts for Dad
Who’s looking after your pet this summer? Here’s some perfect gift ideas: New Manuka Honey Hand Cream is now a 99% natural formulation with a guaranteed Manuka Honey 80% pollen count. An amazing moisture-rich cream which absorbs easily and leaves your skin feeling smooth and rehydrated. The most amazing Manuka Honey Balm…… “been there and everywhere”. Again the formulation has a manuka honey pollen count of 80% and made from 100% natural ingredients.
very hardworkers handcreme is one of our best selling products and excellent as a moisture barrier and repair for damaged skin. It helps speed up repair and deeply moisturises cracked heels – a curse of summer. Free from artificial fragrance, synthetic fillers, silicone and preservatives. The manuka honey in this product has an MGO rating of over 500.
Visit Huka Honey Hive to understand the vital role that bees play in the health of our planet. Taste & experience the wonderful products bees help to make.
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