Bees and Trees Manuka Honey 350 + is medium-activity honey from batch TFNB9 summer harvest. This batch has tested at a 350+ level of dietary Methylglyoxal (MG). This honey is a great value for those who don't need the higher-activity honey.
Bees and Trees Manuka Honey is a true Hive to Bottle honey. They own their own hives, and each has a unique RFID chip so they can monitor and keep track of each hive. Each bottle of honey can be traced back to the actual hive it came from. This means you know exactly where your honey came from. It is not a mix of various countries, batches, and origins. When Manuka Honey is mixed together from lots of suppliers and batches, it is much easier for it to get adulterated and contaminated. Using a hive-to-bottle product, you always know where your honey comes from. It's100% pure, high MGO Manuka Honey from the Taranaki region of New Zealand.
With all of the issues facing the collapse of bee colonies worldwide, it is important that beekeepers care for their bees and do not overwork them or subject them to harsh conditions or environments.
The bees are not put in areas with heavy pesticide or herbicide use. Bees & Trees is region-specific honey produced in Taranaki, which is on the west-central part of the North Island. The areas they produce their Manuka honey are remote even by New Zealand standards. Much of the land either borders on or is part of publicly-owned native forest reserves.
The hives are consistently inspected to ensure they are free of disease, and the queens are strong. Did you know a single, healthy hive can grow from 10,000 bees in the winter to over 50,000 bees during the flowering seasons?
The bees are not given unneeded antibiotics and are not treated with harsh chemicals just to increase production. The bees are not fed corn syrup or foods that are not part of their natural diet. The bees are not overworked and are allowed to rest during the winter. They work with organizations that are trying to protect and save bee populations. It is incredibly important that any company that produces honey or other bee products treat their bees well and take good care of them.
As with every product, proper quality control is essential to producing a great product. The first step in making great Manuka Honey is having control of your own supply and taking great care of your bees.
Since they have their own hives and control the process from hive to bottle, they do not have to worry about many issues facing companies who buy from brokers or middlemen and use mixed batches of products.
This does not mean that they do not need to test the product, though. Every batch of their honey is third-party tested. Since they test each batch individually, you will see different MGO numbers on different batches, which is a sign that they are not using different brokers or middlemen to standardize the batches, nor are they faking the testing or using one test and using it for all batches.
They are Oritain certified, which helps to guarantee the product is where it says it is from and ensures it is a pure product that is free of adulteration.
They are New Zealand Fernmark licensed. Fernmark licensing is a guarantee that the product is truly New Zealand in origin.
They extract the honey and bottle it in glass jars (not cheap soft plastic) at their facility, unlike most Manuka honey companies, which buy a finished product and have it bottled for them.
Complete transparency and control from hive to bottle and multiple third-party certifications and tests are done on each batch. How many other Manuka Honey companies can say that?
Check our manuka honey blog to learn more about what makes this manuka honey different than others and how to choose the best manuka honey.
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