whats the best honey?

Shanevrr · March 20, 2011, 10:26:15 PM

what trees or flowers make the best honey? i know thats a hard one but mostly curious if I have the right mojo around here. or maybe i should plant something 8-)

iddee · March 20, 2011, 10:55:05 PM

Unless you are ready to plant 80,000 acres of something, you might better depend on the natural landscape. :shock: :-D

The bees will cover a 2 plus mile radius from their hive.

hardwood · March 20, 2011, 10:59:11 PM

The best honey is what your own bees make!!

Scott

The Bix · March 20, 2011, 11:02:08 PM

Quote from: hardwood on March 20, 2011, 10:59:11 PM
The best honey is what your own bees make!!

Scott

Exactly!

Ted n Ms · March 20, 2011, 11:12:18 PM

The very best honey is on a buttered biscut. ;)

Shanevrr · March 20, 2011, 11:20:19 PM

:lau:

schawee · March 20, 2011, 11:43:28 PM

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MTWIBadger · March 21, 2011, 12:09:17 AM

Sage honey from CA is one of my favorites. Here in Montana, the noxious knapweed is the source of some very good honey.

Course Bee · March 21, 2011, 12:20:07 AM

I like enough on a buttered bisquit that it starts to soak through. That is one of my favorites.

Shanevrr · March 21, 2011, 08:42:06 AM

Quote from: MTWIBadger on March 21, 2011, 12:09:17 AM
Sage honey from CA is one of my favorites. Here in Montana, the noxious knapweed is the source of some very good honey.

wow someone thats understands my question.

hardwood · March 21, 2011, 09:24:36 AM

You can pick any varietal of honey and it will be somebody's favorite. Here orange blossom, tupelo, gallberry, and saw palmetto are considered "premium" honey. I like darker, more robust honey myself like "wild flower" or "multi floral" and the best as far as my taste goes is mangrove.

Like I said...whatever your bees make.

Scott

G3farms · March 21, 2011, 09:27:06 AM

sourwood and clover is my favorite.

luvin honey · March 21, 2011, 02:54:56 PM

Sourwood is the most unique I have had--and I loved it! Really, though, it's like asking what's the "best music." That is so personal and individual.

Eshu · March 21, 2011, 03:44:52 PM

I like the mixed wildflower honey my bees produce (clear yellow lots of floral flavors) alternated with some nice black buckwheat honey.

Shanevrr · March 21, 2011, 10:39:55 PM

I found it lol.........fireweed :cheer:

TomP · March 21, 2011, 10:49:27 PM

Linden honey is very nice. Pale, almost clear and a slight minty flavor. The city planted a lot of lindens trees and I have been able to harvest honey that is primarily Linden. I like the sweet clover honey also. Only one year did I have enough buckwheat flowers in the area to get some buckwheat honey. Much darker and fuller flavor than typical suburban flower honey.

G3farms · March 22, 2011, 12:30:03 AM

I do not much care for the dark stronger tasting honey, the sweeter the better.

Vance G · March 22, 2011, 01:06:25 AM

Water white alfalfa bee mighty fine!

annette · March 22, 2011, 01:26:47 AM

Eucalyptus honey is wonderful. They get that down in the central valley. There is a grove of eucalyptus trees just down the road from my hives, but I am not sure they are making even a dent in the honey with those trees.

I heard manzanita honey is wonderful and I have 20 acres of it surrounding the beehives, but I have never even seen the bees on the flowers.

JP · March 22, 2011, 01:44:21 AM

Sweet Yellow clover makes some of the best I've ever had & I have to say Schawee's honey he brought to Buds last year was also some of the finest I've ever had as was the consensus of who was there as well.

I am also fond of anything with citrus & of course what my bees are making! ;)

We believe it was thistle honey and I am in line for some this season, hopefully way up in the line, as a "true friend". :-D

...JP