Waldemar wrote:

> They also say - I have never tried it - that honey that's mostly privet 
> has a very bad taste and is not liked by humans.

Not good, although it is supposed to be better when it granulates.  The 
flowers certainly have a very unpleasant smell, but hedges are not normally 
a problem because people keep them clipped and so there are no flowers.

Best wishes

Peter Edwards
beekeepers at stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk
www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/

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