A boutique blend of honey extracted in northern New South Wales in the Middle East is sought after as an aphrodisiac.

Apiarist Gabrielle Morley, 80, first placed hundreds of Phoenix date palms (Phoenix canariensis) on her property near Byron Bay for sale as landscape plants.

However, a trip to the United Arab Emirates revealed that the palms were considered more than decorative.

“We were in the markets and the traders there started offering us Viagra, and I was so caught up because we are at our age we don’t need it,” Ms Morley said.

“But it turned out what they were offering us as the male flowers of those trees, and I was a little surprised.

More on an aphrodisiac

Ms Morley returned to Australia and found several studies that supported Phoenix palm pollen as a natural aphrodisiac and fertility therapist.

“It was a little different to Viagra, which is people-biased,” Ms Morley said.

“This gave them the burner too, so for me this spell hormone therapy is tantamount to getting older and I need this.”

Riath Hamed, a UAE-based honey importer, said Phoenix palm buildings were well-known in the Middle East, but Ms Morley’s honey was not marketed as an aphrodisiac by itself.

“The way we market is just a testament to Gabrielle’s respect for the environment, a testament to her role as a beekeeper, and the biodiversity of her ecosystem,” said Mr Hamed. .

“And the image of the taste of her honey is unique.”

Bee sanctuary

Ms Morley became an apiarist four years ago at the age of 76 when she realized she needed help from bees to reach her palm pollen.

“It’s a little dangerous to be up the tree, they’re precious,” she said.

While studying beekeeping, Ms Morley discovered that her bees needed more than the Phoenix palms to get a proper diet.

She turned her building into a bee sanctuary, full of specially selected nutritious plants and medicinal herbs such as lemon balm, lavender, alyssum, hyssop anise, and jelly bush (manuka).

“Bees around the world are basically in a lot of trouble from monoculture and the practices that are being practiced,” Ms Morley said.

“If they put you in an orchard full of one thing for a few months and you have an unbalanced diet you are not going to be healthy.

Ms Morley’s methods mean that flowers are always in bloom on the site, so they never stop moving her bees, her bees are not fed, and they do not no need for chemical pesticides, pesticides or fertilizers.

“He’s really happy,” Ms Morley said.

“I hope that many of the small boutique honey producers can benefit from the experiments I have done in making very high quality honey. “

A boutique blend of honey extracted in northern New South Wales in the Middle East is sought after as an aphrodisiac.

Apiarist Gabrielle Morley, 80, first placed hundreds of Phoenix date palms (Phoenix canariensis) on her property near Byron Bay for sale as landscape plants.

However, a trip to the United Arab Emirates revealed that the palms were considered more than decorative.

“We were in the markets and the traders there started offering us Viagra, and I was so caught up because we are at our age we don’t need it,” Ms Morley said.

“But it turned out what they were offering us as the male flowers of those trees, and I was a little surprised.

More on an aphrodisiac

Ms Morley returned to Australia and found several studies that supported Phoenix palm pollen as a natural aphrodisiac and fertility therapist.

“It was a little different to Viagra, which is people-biased,” Ms Morley said.

“This gave them the burner too, so for me this spell hormone therapy is tantamount to getting older and I need this.”

Riath Hamed, a UAE-based honey importer, said Phoenix palm buildings were well-known in the Middle East, but Ms Morley’s honey was not marketed as an aphrodisiac by itself.

“The way we market is just a testament to Gabrielle’s respect for the environment, a testament to her role as a beekeeper, and the biodiversity of her ecosystem,” said Mr Hamed. .

“And the image of the taste of her honey is unique.”

Bee sanctuary

Ms Morley became an apiarist four years ago at the age of 76 when she realized she needed help from bees to reach her palm pollen.

“It’s a little dangerous to be up the tree, they’re precious,” she said.

While studying beekeeping, Ms Morley discovered that her bees needed more than the Phoenix palms to get a proper diet.

She turned her building into a bee sanctuary, full of specially selected nutritious plants and medicinal herbs such as lemon balm, lavender, alyssum, hyssop anise, and jelly bush (manuka).

“Bees around the world are basically in a lot of trouble from monoculture and the practices that are being practiced,” Ms Morley said.

“If they put you in an orchard full of one thing for a few months and you have an unbalanced diet you are not going to be healthy.

Ms Morley’s methods mean that flowers are always in bloom on the site, so they never stop moving her bees, her bees are not fed, and they do not no need for chemical pesticides, pesticides or fertilizers.

“He’s really happy,” Ms Morley said.

“I hope that many of the small boutique honey producers can benefit from the experiments I have done in making very high quality honey. “