DELETERIOUS HONEY-A WARNING.
.. ■ B '.- . Mr. I, Hopkins. Government Apiarist, asks us to warn all people living in or near, or travelling in or near swampy districts in the northern half of the North Island, not to eat any wild honey they may come across during the next four months. The : 'waoriki," or "whanriky which yields a poisonous honey, and which grows in swampy places, blossoms during the autumn, and several fatal accidents have occurred through eating such honey. Mr. Hopkins states that no one need he afraid of this particular honey getting on to the market, as. the : season for taking surplus, honey for mar-, ket has closed long before the "waorikf' blossoms. There does not seem to be. sufficiently known about this matter at present, but no doubt Mr. Hopkins will make it his business to find out everything there is to be known concerning it, aad make it public.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 15, 18 January 1905, Page 5
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