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  • From: Watson Bowes <wbowes AT gmail.com>
  • To: Elisabeth Curtis <granda.curtis AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: Orange County Bees <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] color of honey
  • Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:23:56 -0400

In my experience, honey from bees foraging on buckwheat is that dark.

Watty Bowes

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Elisabeth Curtis <granda.curtis AT gmail.com> wrote:
On the right is a jar of honey we harvested in June. Oh the left, one we harvested a few days ago. We have never harvested honey that dark before. But we have never harvested in August, either. It has a very distinctive flavor, slightly molasses-y. Just out of curiosity, does anyone have an idea what the bees were bringing in that could make that dark honey? -Elisabeth Curtis

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