Jerry Hathaway wrote:
> My July extracting of honey was a bit disappointing. The honey had a
> strange taste to it. Some people thought they immediately detected a
> ‘minty’ taste to it,

Boxwood (Linden) is classic for a minty taste.
>
> I was wondering if anybody else has had this same experience. Any ideas
> on the nectar source? What should I do with 100 lbs of honey honey? I
> was planning to feed it back to the bees.

I look forward to it. It is not that common since it is not an annual
honey. Some love it. Sell it as a specialty honey. Water white honey.
One of the lightest I have seen in Maine.

> Does anybody know if this honey would lose its strange taste if it was
> used in cooking / baking recipes?

Do not know. It appears to lose its aroma after a while.

Most who used it wanted it just as it was. Just about any honey can be
sold no matter what the taste as long as you market it as a specialty
honey, the rarer the better. I have purchased many specialty honeys in
different States and I thought the price was too much for the taste, but
they do sell.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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