Bill Sames says that several nectars would give a
honey that appears greenish in the comb but is usually
golden yellow when extracted.  For example, Goldenrod.
If you wish, send us a pound jar of the green honey and
we will have it analyzed for its pollen content using an
scanning electron microscope.  This may give you some idea
of what plants were harvested.  Pellet's 1947 edition of
American Honey Plants has several references to green
honey.  Also Lovell, Honey Plants of North America,
(1926) refers to green honey.
 
 
 
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Knowledge Engineering Lab     |   Department of Entomology
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