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Re: More Honey Market World Statistics
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On 21-Mar-08, at 6:40 PM, Chris Slade wrote:

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> I was taught that darker honey tends to come from woody plants eg  
> trees and
> ericas and lighter ones from herbaceous plants.

Hi Chris and all.

Dandelion and goldenrod honies are darker than basswood(tilia).  I  
think that summer flowering plants tend to produce lighter honey than  
either spring or autumn.  You can likely come up with some examples  
to prove me wrong.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Canada
44N80W

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