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    • amosss
        June 15, 2010 at 6:51 pm
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        #3521

        Hey Robin,I saw that you are a bee keeper I have a question what determans the color of honey?Is it what the bees feed on just bought some but it was really light.

      • Robin Conrads
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          June 16, 2010 at 1:25 am
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          #21176

          It depends on the nectar from the flowers they visit. In my area there isn’t one specific flower so it is a mixed honey. Bees forage 3-5 miles so you have to have a lot of clover, or orange or whatever to call it that type of honey. Best thing to do is buy local honey though. It is much better, may help with allergies to pollen in your area and you support a local farmer/beekeeper.

          So far, I haven’t got any honey off my one hive, but we are hopeful this is the year! 😀

        • amosss
            June 17, 2010 at 3:28 am
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            #22427

            I do buy local,but the guy I was getting didn’t have any for two years something killed off all his bees.He called to let me know he had about 20 qts.when I went to pick it up he had 4qts.dark wich is what he han in pass and all the rest was real light,and he said the bees were in to different locations and what the bees were eating made the color different,I don’t know the guy real well so I though I would ask someone else thanks for the info.By the way they did have a little different taste but they were both good.

          • Snakeeater
              July 14, 2010 at 4:16 pm
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              #54153

              amosss,

              Just as the type of pollen affects the color, it also affects the taste.

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