As demand for honey slows after the pandemic, stockpiles far exceed the amount usually sold in a year
New Zealand is drowning in honey after a boom in beekeeping collided with slowing international demand to create towering stockpiles.
Over the past five years, global desire for mānuka honey and demand for home-based honey remedies during the pandemic helped push up prices, creating a kind of honey gold rush on New Zealand farms.
Continue reading…As demand for honey slows after the pandemic, stockpiles far exceed the amount usually sold in a yearNew Zealand is drowning in honey after a boom in beekeeping collided with slowing international demand to create towering stockpiles.Over the past five years, global desire for mānuka honey and demand for home-based honey remedies during the pandemic helped push up prices, creating a kind of honey gold rush on New Zealand farms. Continue reading…