<exerped from several posts> > more about the color than actual origin. To Average Consumer, honey comes > in Clover, Orange Blossom, and Everything Else. People who like "varietal > honey" are a very small group, I fear. > They are (or would seem to be) a growing group here in australia. We have found that special honies are a useful marketing tool, no matter whether they are really great tasting, or just 'interesting'. Many people say honey is honey and get jaded. A taste of buckwheat honey starts them thinking again. Most specialty honey goes in small quantities, but we have many people who buy it by the 60 pound pail. Here's an update on the - so far unidentified - brown honey(dew) that got us going down this line of thought, along with some Japanese bamboo? honey that someone had obtained - I never did hear for sure. Actually at closer inspection it is red - we now have 25 drums and still the extractor spins. It's so good I hate to ship it for blending, but I suspect there is too much of it for our specialty loving customers to eat in the next year or so. I'm waiting for the pollen analysis to come back. I hope it is believable. Otherwise it's time for a gas chromatograph test? W. Allen Dick, Beekeeper Rural Route One, Swalwell, Alberta Canada T0M 1Y0 Phone/Fax: 403 546 2588 Email: [log in to unmask]