A beekeeping friedn and I have been moving our hives east to a nice
acrage of goldenrod plants for the past 3 years. We have also seen
some asters out there.
Last year we had a very nice crop of very dark brown honey and this
year we had a large crop of rather light amber honey. I was wondering
about the floral source. I've read goldenrod honey color is light
yellow-brown. Is aster honey dark brown? Could there be another
nectar source?
There is a strong 'goldenrod' smell in the air even quite some
distance from the hives.
Thanks,
Long Island, NY
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