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Anthony M Jadczak wrote:
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> Several beekeepers in Maine report corn honey production, they say it
> tastes like corn but I thought it tasted like honeydew with a
> molasses-like flavor. I have guessed that it is probably honeydew
> collected from aphids feeding on corn but who knows, the old Gleanings
> article may be correct in some years at some locations. It (korn?)
> was prevalent in 1996-97 which were both dry years with poor clover
> flows and with high aphid populations especially in the white pine.
> In central Maine, bamboo doesn't bloom until early September. The
> "korn" honey is produced during the later part of July & August. One
> of us had better take a walk out into a corn field when this dark
> honey starts coming in next summer a pull a few honey stomachs from
> the visiting bees. In 97 a dairy farmer told me that the bees were
> thick in his corn. I told him they were there for the pollen, maybe I
> was wrong. Also, last summer the bees worked smooth bedstraw (Galium
> mallugo) which I have never observed, anyone know if this plant
> produces honey? It was a poor honey year for most of Maine, perhaps
> the bees were desperate. Is there a method to differentiate honeydew
> honey from honey derived from nectar?Hey Ton. I also can't go with the bamboo even though the color and taste
sound right. A fellow from Australia once told me that honeydew refracts
in the opposite direction of honey, I tested the dark honey and it
refracted very thick 15.5 but it refracted like normal. Anyone else hear
about honeydew refracting differently?
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