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Title: Edited: What's this doing on a honey plant search?
Post by: qa33010 on August 27, 2005, 01:05:36 AM
Found this while searching for honey plants and bloom dates.

http://www.beekeeping.co.nz/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1769

Take care!

David
Title: Edited: What's this doing on a honey plant search?
Post by: manowar422 on August 27, 2005, 01:15:17 PM
QuoteHoney is graded by color and the most desirable and expensive is "water white," Dunn said. He has a beekeeper friend in Mississippi who has a basswood forest and produces the clear honey. Dunn found a basswood tree in Searcy and got sprouts to plant in his yard.

Dunn said most of his honey is dark amber and he collects honey from June through October. Some yards will produce as much as five gallons of honey per week if they are located near a good soybean field.

If your searching the net for honey plants, I'd say this part fits your
request. I read it and learned Basswood trees produce water white
honey 8)
Title: Edited: What's this doing on a honey plant search?
Post by: TAH on August 28, 2005, 01:09:41 AM
Quote from: manowar422
If your searching the net for honey plants, I'd say this part fits your
request. I read it and learned Basswood trees produce water white
honey 8)

That must be why my last batch of honey was almost clear. I have hundreds of basswood trees around but I have never seen flowers on them or bees around.