Project snapshot: Increasing the value of Australian honey as a health food
Honey has a long history of use to treat digestive ailments and research suggests honey acts as a prebiotic food that favourably changes the balance...
HONEY BEE & POLLINATION
Honeybee R&D News May 2013
Published: 1 May 2013
Author(s): Hornitzky, Michael
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