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| Thread ID: 88285 | 2008-03-22 04:17:00 | honey disease ??? | tweak'e (69) | PC World Chat |
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| 651492 | 2008-03-23 06:14:00 | I see on the news tonight the persons whoes honey poisioned some people didn't know that the tutin plant caused poisioning this time of the year. He had only been in the buisiness for 5 months. The people who had been in the buisiness for years knew about it so didn't sell honey comb honey at this time of the year. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 651493 | 2008-03-23 07:14:00 | Its all a conspiracy, the bees/beekeepers/retailers want to kill us! (At least thats the angle the news media is taking, they're getting more and more loony!). ***! |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 651494 | 2008-03-23 07:51:00 | a professional beekeeper running for only 5 months and he didn't know about it ??? sounds a little suz. while there is a polytech for beekeepers most are taught by other beekeepers. most of the beekeeper mags have had articles on tutin. its a little odd, not impossible, just odd. i think this will give the beekeepers a big wake up. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 651495 | 2008-03-23 12:31:00 | I've always known this plant as tutu (pronounced toot when I was at school), so was surprised to see it called tutin. So I checked. Now Google tells me tutin is the name of the actual poisonous substance contained in the tutu plant. It seems that my Standard 3 teacher need not turn in her grave after all. She was right. I, too, am surprised anyone keeping bees didn't know it was poisonous when Central Otago kids learned that when young.. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 651496 | 2008-03-23 20:09:00 | He said he had read all the MAFs documents on bee keeping and there was no mention of it in them. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 651497 | 2008-03-23 20:42:00 | I've always known this plant as tutu (pronounced toot when I was at school), so was surprised to see it called tutin. So I checked. Now Google tells me tutin is the name of the actual poisonous substance contained in the tutu plant. It seems that my Standard 3 teacher need not turn in her grave after all. She was right. I, too, am surprised anyone keeping bees didn't know it was poisonous when Central Otago kids learned that when young.. Your Standard 3 teacher may have grown up in the country, as I did. From a very young age we knew that animals were to be kept well away from 'toot'. Without being cynical, maybe MAF (and many other other organisations) need more people with 'hands on' experience in their midst. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 651498 | 2008-03-24 00:09:00 | yeah its commonly called "toot" . i know there is a bit on it on the MAF website, and i think its in the NZ beekeeping books . its common enough know in the industry, i'm wondering if its a case of they don't bother mentioning it as everyone knows about it . hence new people may not be told about it . just heard a bit of it on the radio . . . . . . sounds like the beekeeper is a hobbyist . i wonder who did the packing and processing for them? because of the food safe laws the small guys have to get processed and packed by the bigger crowds who certainly would know about tutin poising . |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 651499 | 2008-03-26 01:23:00 | . stuff . co . nz/4450474a11 . html" target="_blank">www . stuff . co . nz . . . . . . . . . and small producers who sell locally do not have to sign the declaration . bollocks ! to sell honey to public you have to use food safe premises . to get it packed by any commerical honey producer the first thing you have to do is sign the declaration and the first question is basicly does the honey come from aera with tutu . small guys generally cannot afford the foodsafe setup, so they pay someone else to do the packing . also you have to label it as per health and safty regs (a right pain) which includes where its packed/processed and batch number . you are not allow to process it on the kitchen table and sell it on the road side anymore :( i've had the heath inspector go through mine a few times ;) for your own consumption there is no requirements . |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 651500 | 2008-03-26 06:21:00 | Well, I remember being told at school 50 years ago that toot is so poisonous, it killed an elephant here in Canterbury somewhere. I wonder if that was true? It was scary enough to keep us kids well away from the stuff. | TideMan (4279) | ||
| 651501 | 2008-03-26 06:26:00 | Well, I remember being told at school 50 years ago that toot is so poisonous, it killed an elephant here in Canterbury somewhere. I wonder if that was true? It was scary enough to keep us kids well away from the stuff. In fact, it's true. It was reported by Julius von Haast: rsnz.natlib.govt.nz |
TideMan (4279) | ||
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