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- From: Peter Smith <psmith AT leaptec.com>
- To: Scott Bowers <professionalslug AT gmail.com>
- Cc: Orange Co Beekeepers <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [ocba] Update from the Mountains
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 15:51:59 +0000
Thank you Scott ā very informative. A local beekeeper just told me that at my elevation (4000ft) it is likely to be linden honey. Having done a quick web search, I came up with the following which gives a great description of what I seem to have. http://www.honeytraveler.com/single-flower-honey/linden-lime-basswood-honey/ From: Scott Bowers [mailto:professionalslug AT gmail.com]
It might be a combination of gum and evergreen. There is a lot of black gum in that area and this is primary trimming time at the Christmas tree farms, which spurs flow from them. Both of those honeys are very light. I kept bees in Asheville for seven years and the mountain bees don't harvest rhododendron there, which is good because of its toxicity. In the mid elevations like Asheville you will get locust, poplar, sourwood and wildflower. In the hi-country
it's poplar, evergreen, gum and wildflower. If there is a severe dearth on everything else, you might rarely get rhododendron. But you'll know it by the belly ache you get from eating it.
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[ocba] Update from the Mountains,
Peter Smith, 08/27/2016
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Re: [ocba] Update from the Mountains,
Scott Bowers, 08/27/2016
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Re: [ocba] Update from the Mountains,
Peter Smith, 08/27/2016
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Re: [ocba] Update from the Mountains,
Scott Bowers, 08/27/2016
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Re: [ocba] Update from the Mountains,
Randall Austin, 08/27/2016
- Re: [ocba] Update from the Mountains, Celeste Mayer, 08/28/2016
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Re: [ocba] Update from the Mountains,
Randall Austin, 08/27/2016
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Re: [ocba] Update from the Mountains,
Scott Bowers, 08/27/2016
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Re: [ocba] Update from the Mountains,
Peter Smith, 08/27/2016
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Re: [ocba] Update from the Mountains,
Scott Bowers, 08/27/2016
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