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The Ark of Taste is an online catalogue of foods at risk of disappearing that are a part of cultures and traditions of the entire world. Plant and animal species are to be found onboard the Ark, but also processed products, because, together with plant and animal biodiversity, cheeses, cured meats, breads and sweets, expressions […]

Many flowers are unable to produce seeds unless pollen is transferred from the male to the fmale part of the flower. Over 80% of pollination is carried out by various insects, with honeybees leading the charge. Honeybees dedicate much of their lives visiting flowers to gather pollen, which they use to feed thier young during […]

Since the beginning of Alchemy, Alchemists have used symbols to represent different elements. Alchemy symbols sometimes contain hints of the qualities the elements were thought to have, as well as the history of the element. Using symbols helped Alchemists keep their work private, as much of it was a carefully guarded secret from non-alchemists who […]

The foraging worker bee gathers nectar from the flowers and stores it in their abdomen before returning to the hive where they transfer the nectar to the “hive bees”. By mixing it with their saliva, the hive bees utilize their honey stomachs to break down the sugar structure in nectar, which they then regurgitate into […]

Founder, Julian Wolfhagen – After more than 40 years in the industry, he’s still passionate about producing honey.“Every culture holds honey in a very reverential place and that’s because of the health that it brings,” Wolfhagen tells SBS Food. “It’s high in antioxidants, it has a low GI, which makes it quite suitable for certain […]

Each honeybee colony is made up of around 95% workers, 5% drones and 1 Queen. Honey bees, like ants, termites and some wasps are social insects. Unlike ants and wasps, bees are vegetarians; their protein comes from pollen and their carbohydrate comes from honey which they make from nectar. Honey Bees make combs of waxen […]

LEPTOSPERMUM SCOPARIUM Manuka honey in Australia is derived from the Leptospermum Scoparium, also known as the Teatree. The Leptospermum species is comprised of 86 recognised subspecies, of which only two are found outside of Australia. One, Leptospermum recurvum is found in Sabah, Malaysia, and Sulawesi, Indonesia. The other is the Leptospermum scoparium which is found […]