re: Food supply. New Zealand burning bee farms?

Don't know anything about the burning but when I was in New Zealand many years ago my bus driver was complaining that Manuka Honey (which had exploded on the local market and costs five times as much as regular honey) was destroying New Zealand farms because all of the farmers realized they could make more money raising Manuka honey bees so they just pissed off their other crops. And New Zealand being a very remote island means that when local farmers aren't growing produce they have to import it in from very far away which means it costs a lot more and spoils quickly. I think Manuka Honey is only made in New Zealand and it is an expensive luxury food so it wouldn't surprise me if the government is trying to force farmers to get back on their plow.