Last month Dr Shaun Holt, Chief Science Officer and co-founder of HoneyLab was honoured to be asked to do a TEDx talk in Wellington. The talk is about the medical uses of honey and how it can help to fight antibiotic resistance, and if you’d like to see it here is the link:
Did you know:
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80% of the pollination of fruits, vegetables and seed crops in the United States is accomplished by honeybees. -
A Honey bee’s sense of smell is so precise that it can differentiate hundreds of different floral varieties and tell whether a flower carried pollen or nectar from metres away.
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Honey is the only insect created food with therapeutic, medicinal, nutritional and cosmetic value.
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A cave painting depicting an androgynous figure robbing honey out of the hive was found in the Cave of the Spider in Valencia, Spain. It is estimated to be 15,000 years old.
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Experts estimate rosacea affects up to 10 percent of New Zealanders.
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During the 11th Century, German peasants were required to give their feudal lords a payment of honey and beeswax.
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Clinical trials of our Honevo Rosacea Cream found that 80% of users report less redness in under two weeks.
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Each honey bee colony has a unique odour for members' identification.
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Clinical trials of Honevo Acne cream has found that 80% of users report less pimples and spots in under two weeks.
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One third of Kiwi adults regularly get cold sores - but only half of them seek treatment.
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The male honey bees (also called drones) have no stinger. They do no real work. Their only purpose is to mate with virgin queens. In fact, before winter or when food becomes scarce, female honeybees usually force surviving males out of the nest.
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Clinical trials of our Honevo Nappy Rash cream found that 70% of parents report a reduction in nappy rash in under two weeks.
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A queen is the largest bee in the hive. She can lay up to 2,000 eggs per day, twice her own body weight per day.
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Rosacea is most common in women (especially during menopause), people with fair skin and adults between the ages of 30 and 60.
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The Honey Bee is the only insect that produces food eaten by man.
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Honey stored in air tight containers never spoils. Sealed honey vats found in King Tut's tomb still contained edible honey, despite over 2,000 years beneath the sands.
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Bees must visit approximately 2 million flowers and fly over 55,000 miles to make 1 lb. of honey.
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Honey stimulates production of special cells that can repair tissue damaged by infection. Kanuka honey anti-inflammatory action that can quickly reduce pain and inflammation once it is applied.
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Did you know the ancient Egyptians not only made offerings of honey to their gods, they also used it as an embalming fluid and a dressing for wounds.
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