I have a question about the honey we've extracted.

[Mamichi]

So, my husband and I finally extracted some honey. We selected frames that were at least 80% filled in and capped. The honey doesn't have the "classic" taste of honey though. It just tastes super sweet to me. Taste good but not like "honey". I've been buying local, raw honey too. Not the store stuff.

Any thoughts on this?

[hardwood]

Have you been feeding? All honey tastes a little different. That's what's so cool about it!

Scott

[Mamichi]

Nope, haven't fed them in a long time.

[AliciaH]

I think the fun part about keeping bees is that each of us has our own little microclimate.  The variety of plants my bees forage on is going to be different than the next beek over, and even then if the plants are the same, the percentages in the mix will be different.  And, if you immediately extract honey from your frames as they are capped over the summer, the flavor will change from week to week.  How much fun is that!

As for local, I was in my local farmer's produce stand looking at honey to see how many local honey providers there were.  There were actually only a couple from the immediate area (within a handful of miles).  The biggest honey supplier in the place is actually about 20 or so miles from here.  AND, since he sells a lot of crop honey (cranberry, buckwheat, fireweed, etc.), some of that honey is not even truly "local".

So be careful in comparing, could be there's no 'comparison' at all!  But that's just my thought....

[Mamichi]

Thanks, guys :) I just wanted to be sure that we didn't do something wrong.