What this site is
Manuka & Wound Science is an independent guide site with two subjects: the clinical science of manuka honey in wound care, and honey bee colony biology and beekeeping equipment. It is written for wound care clinicians, medical procurement professionals, beekeepers and researchers.
What this site is not
This is informational and educational content. It is not medical advice, and it does not replace a clinician, a pharmacist or your facility's policies. Honey sold as food is not sterile and is not a wound dressing. Sterile honey dressings are regulated products, and we explain how they differ on our medical-grade manuka standards page.
How we handle evidence
We attribute research claims to named studies and link to the source, such as PubMed, PubMed Central or a DOI. We describe laboratory findings as laboratory findings, and we say when the evidence is limited or mixed. We do not state as plain fact that honey treats, cures or heals a condition.
If we cannot verify a statistic, a potency figure, a certification or a product specification, we leave it out. Our wound healing research hub pulls live PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov results so you can read the studies yourself.
Regulatory information
Rules on FDA clearance, sterilization standards, honey grading and imports change. We check a current source before writing about them, but a page can fall behind. Treat our regulatory pages as a starting point and confirm with the agency or standards body. Our policy and legislation tracker shows live federal data.
Live data and tools
The live tools on this site use public data from NOAA SWPC, Zippopotam, PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, Semantic Scholar, openFDA, Congress.gov and OpenWeather. If a source is down, the tool says so instead of showing stale numbers as current.
Prices, products and affiliate links
Some links are affiliate links, and we earn a commission if you buy. Recommendations come from evidence and specifications, not from payout. We have not tested the products we list, and prices carry the date they were checked. The full details are in our affiliate policy.