New Zealand's manuka honey is known around the world. It fetches extremely high prices, and beekeepers do everything in their power to produce as much of it as they can. Wound dressings containing manuka honey are used in leading hospitals, and it has saved the lives of patients infected with disease-causing bacteria that are resistant to standard antibiotic drugs. In so doing, it has forced the medical profession to re-think its position on the therapeutic properties of natural products. This book chronicles the remarkable 'rags-to-riches' story of manuka honey, as seen through the eyes of a beekeeping specialist who watched it unfold from the very beginning. It's a great science tale of an unassuming university lecturer and his hardworking lab assistant who found something totally unexpected in a product everyone had written off. And it's an entertaining account of the way that simple discovery magically caught the international media's attention, helping some enterprising New Zealanders with a love of bees to develop manuka honey-based products and take them to the rest of the world. The book describes the remarkable antibacterial and therapeutic properties of manuka and the range of uses it has.

Manuka honey is a powerhouse of nutrition and provides unique health benefits to millions of people worldwide. Guaranteed to answer all your questions, this book is the definitive guide to Manuka honey. Written in an easy-to-read and understandable style and packed with useful and important information, you will discover everything you need to know about this wonderful, natural product and learn its full value and amazing health benefits including:- · Nutritional and medicinal benefits of Manuka honey · Health and Beauty - the role of Manuka honey · Manuka honey products · Skincare · Joint care · Where to buy Manuka honey · How to take Manuka honey · A checklist so you can be sure you’re buying genuine Manuka honey This book is a must-have for anybody interested in their health and who wants to find out all about Manuka honey. Manuka honey is indeed one of nature’s miracles!

Includes proceedings of member institutes of the Society and of the Society's Science Congress through v. 84, 1956/57.