Thanks for your point of view, I tend to agree with you, I am surrounded by coastal tea trees, the honey is impossible to spin and crush and strain works to a degree but only through course strainers, I allow it to free run for 24 hours then place it into a fruit press, to finish it off, but in every case it comes out thick or even sugary.
Hi from central Otago 👍👋i apprenticed in the mid eighty's and I totally remember neighbouring beekeepers cursing getting manuka in thier supers😂 we used to keep it as winter stores and my mentor would be happy about not having to feed so heavily in the 80s, but i think we were the only ones pleased to see it and most people considered it as bad as tutin honey, bee food and good for nothing else. Personally I still think it's over rated but im in central Otago where our main nectar producing plant is thyme 😂 and there isn't a stick of manuka around here 👍 i think the best honey we have is kamahi myself id love to have bees in kamahi. Great video 👍👋
Thanks. I just got home from checking hives in Naseby, Ida Valley and Alexandra yesterday. I slept the night next to the Manuherikia River last night :) (at the Alexandra Holiday Park). The sweet smell of Thyme filled the air while I was at the Alexandra hives and we have a private buyer that takes all the Thyme honey from that site. Most of our hives are further east and south, but I love the trips to central. Cheers Chris
@@KiwiWildman we've had a lot of rain in central so I think it's going to be a great year for thyme honey 👍the willows are popping early and most people are dropping hives into pollenation blocks, hopefully the rain settles down and we get a good pollen crop off the willows on the clutha. My thyme honey goes straight back into my bee's 😂 except a little which Ill give away, fantastic you've got a private buyer, thyme honey can be hard to sell. I want to concentrate on my hives in waitahuna for honey production which produce flowering gum honey from a large block of trees and no one else is doing around central 👍 great locations for apairys though especially Naseby and ida valley 👍👋
Very interesting video thanks. I was wondering what was going on with hive numbers over there. There must be plenty of second hand bee equipment for sale
Yes, bargain basement prices at the moment. So of course the hive hardware production industry is going through tough times. And there is always a risk of buying AFB with second hand gear.
Thanks for your point of view, I tend to agree with you, I am surrounded by coastal tea trees, the honey is impossible to spin and crush and strain works to a degree but only through course strainers, I allow it to free run for 24 hours then place it into a fruit press, to finish it off, but in every case it comes out thick or even sugary.
Hi from central Otago 👍👋i apprenticed in the mid eighty's and I totally remember neighbouring beekeepers cursing getting manuka in thier supers😂 we used to keep it as winter stores and my mentor would be happy about not having to feed so heavily in the 80s, but i think we were the only ones pleased to see it and most people considered it as bad as tutin honey, bee food and good for nothing else. Personally I still think it's over rated but im in central Otago where our main nectar producing plant is thyme 😂 and there isn't a stick of manuka around here 👍 i think the best honey we have is kamahi myself id love to have bees in kamahi. Great video 👍👋
Thanks. I just got home from checking hives in Naseby, Ida Valley and Alexandra yesterday. I slept the night next to the Manuherikia River last night :) (at the Alexandra Holiday Park). The sweet smell of Thyme filled the air while I was at the Alexandra hives and we have a private buyer that takes all the Thyme honey from that site. Most of our hives are further east and south, but I love the trips to central. Cheers Chris
@@KiwiWildman we've had a lot of rain in central so I think it's going to be a great year for thyme honey 👍the willows are popping early and most people are dropping hives into pollenation blocks, hopefully the rain settles down and we get a good pollen crop off the willows on the clutha. My thyme honey goes straight back into my bee's 😂 except a little which Ill give away, fantastic you've got a private buyer, thyme honey can be hard to sell. I want to concentrate on my hives in waitahuna for honey production which produce flowering gum honey from a large block of trees and no one else is doing around central 👍 great locations for apairys though especially Naseby and ida valley 👍👋
Very interesting video thanks. I was wondering what was going on with hive numbers over there. There must be plenty of second hand bee equipment for sale
Yes, bargain basement prices at the moment. So of course the hive hardware production industry is going through tough times. And there is always a risk of buying AFB with second hand gear.
Aussie Manuka honey is far better by the way 🤪
I thought you might think that :)