>
> 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.  There is an area of Long 
> Island generally called the Hamptons where tall privet hedges [and 
> expansive cedar-shingled houses!] are quite common.  I imagine if one kept 
> hives there, one could get a lot of privet in the frames.
>
In this part of Louisiana, most of our honey comes from privet, and it's 
quite good.  Maybe Long Island privet is a different cultivar from ours.

Walter Weller 

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