Origins
A single harvest, a single provenance.
MelliVet® exists because a veterinary buyer should be able to ask three questions about a honey — where it came from, what it was measured at, and who stands behind the number — and get three answers.
From shrub to tube
Four stages that decide what the label can honestly say.
Origin is not a marketing story here. It is the chain of custody a practice relies on when a product goes into a clinical protocol.
- 01
Flowering
A short window, once a year
Mānuka shrubs flower for a limited period, and the length of that window shapes everything that follows. It is the reason a honey can be traced to a season rather than to a blending tank.
- 02
Foraging
The bees choose, not the blender
A monofloral honey depends on the shrub being dominant in the forage area. Where it is, the comb carries one floral source; where it is not, the result is a polyfloral honey and a different product.
- 03
Harvest
Extracted, handled, held
How honey is extracted and stored determines whether what reaches a tube still resembles what came off the comb. Gentle handling and dry, cool storage protect the compounds a buyer is paying for.
- 04
Assay
Then it earns a number
A lot is only useful to a practice if it has been measured. Assay results, grade and certificates travel with the batch, so the tube on the bench can be checked against paperwork.
Traceability
The lot code is the whole point.
A tube without a lot code is a tube nobody can recall, investigate or reconcile. A tube with one is a record: which harvest, which assay, which shipment, and which practice it went to.
What a lot should let you check
- The harvest and provenance the batch came from
- The assay or grade the batch was labelled at
- The certificates issued against that batch
- Which case and which practice received it
- What to withdraw if a supplier notice ever lands
Next
Start with the paperwork, not the pitch.
Ask for the documentation pack and read it before you decide anything about stocking.