Editing Pitcairn Islands (section)

=== Honey production ===
In 1998, the UK's overseas aid agency, the [[Department for International Development]], funded an [[apiculture]] programme for Pitcairn which included training for Pitcairn's [[beekeeper]]s and a detailed analysis of Pitcairn's bees and honey with particular regard to the presence or absence of disease. Pitcairn has one of the best examples of disease-free bee populations anywhere in the world and the honey produced was and remains exceptionally high in quality. Pitcairn bees are also a placid variety and, within a short time, beekeepers are able to work with them wearing minimal protection.<ref>{{cite news |first=Aislinn |last=Laing |date=9 January 2010 |title=Sales of honey fall for the first time in six years amid British bee colony collapse |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/6953131/Sales-of-honey-fall-for-the-first-time-in-six-years-amid-British-bee-colony-collapse.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=London |access-date=3 January 2015 |archive-date=4 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104000430/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/6953131/Sales-of-honey-fall-for-the-first-time-in-six-years-amid-British-bee-colony-collapse.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result, Pitcairn exports honey to New Zealand and to the United Kingdom. In London, [[Fortnum & Mason]] sells it and it is reportedly a favourite of [[Charles III|King Charles]] and formerly [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Sri |last=Carmichael |date=8 January 2010 |title=I'll let you off, Mr Christian: you make honey fit for a queen |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/ill-let-you-off-mr-christian-you-make-honey-fit-for-a-queen-6798687.html |newspaper=[[London Evening Standard]] |access-date=3 January 2015 |archive-date=4 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104000854/http://www.standard.co.uk/news/ill-let-you-off-mr-christian-you-make-honey-fit-for-a-queen-6798687.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Pitcairn Islanders, under the "Bounty Products" and "Delectable Bounty" brands, also export dried fruit including bananas, papayas, pineapples, and mangoes to New Zealand.<ref>Pitcairn Islands Study Center, News Release: Products from Pitcairn, 7 November 1999.</ref> Honey production and all honey-related products are a protected monopoly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitcairn.pn/Laws/Apiaries%20Ordinance.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 April 2018 |archive-date=26 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126130758/http://www.pitcairn.pn/Laws/Apiaries%20Ordinance.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> All funds and management are under the supervision and discretion of the government.<ref name="pitcairn.pn">{{cite web |url=http://www.pitcairn.pn/Laws/Pitcairn%20Souvenir%20Agency%20Ordinance.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 April 2018 |archive-date=26 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126131026/http://www.pitcairn.pn/Laws/Pitcairn%20Souvenir%20Agency%20Ordinance.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://www.government.pn/Pitcairn%20Islands%20Economic%20Report%20-%20Final%20Report.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 February 2015 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006191646/http://www.government.pn/Pitcairn%20Islands%20Economic%20Report%20-%20Final%20Report.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>