Apiculture New Zealand said most honey producers were already testing for glyphosate in their products.
Apiflora owner Steve Weenink who has been a beekeeper for 50 years, said the tough part is not the testing, but keeping bees away from glyphosate in the first place. The issue with glyphosate is it s a type of salt and the bees will work it even when it s not on a flower. I had a case where the guys sprayed on a farm last year and he got a little bit of manuka, and it wasn t much, but the glyphosate levels were very high, he said.
Tough border testing for New Zealand honey imports to Japan is re-igniting the conversation about the use of the weed killer glypohsate in New Zealand.