Harnessing Honey Bee Biodiversity in the Fight against Honey Fraud

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Harnessing Honey Bee Biodiversity in the Fight against Honey Fraud

At the European level, the principle of honey authenticity, based not only on local flora but also on endemic honey bee ecotypes, should be given serious consideration. This approach offers a dual safeguard in promoting sustainable honey production amidst globalisation, climate change, and other challenges: it ensures authenticity, quality, and increased valorisation by protecting against honey fraud; while also conserving the increasingly threatened biodiversity of honey bee ecotypes.

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[Ben Framed]

It is my understanding honey fraud is a problem in many places. Especially from some countries which export it.  One way to avoid that fraud, (at least to a consumers best ability, is to buy local honey from a local beekeeper.