Greetings:
 
I have been following the discussion on "island honey".  Just like any
other places where bees are kept and honey is harvested (farms of
different types, urban environments, etc), islands differ from each other.
The sources of honey in St. Marten, Tonga, Jamaica, Hawaii etc varies
according to season, location and so forth just like anywhere else though
I would admit perhaps not to as great a degree.  The flavor of the honey
can occur (just like anywhere else) due to what the bees choose to forage
on and not only because the bees were fed with various supplements or
(lets hope not!) the honey adulterated and passed off as naturally occuring.
 
I would welcome anyone visiting St. Thomas, USVI to give me a call
before you get here and sample the honey from my hives.  I do not feed
my bees and I would be interested in knowing what you think about the flavor of
the honey.  I might add that the demand for local honey is very high.  It
is favored over the honey that is brought in.  There is very, very
little commercial beekeeping here and the few hobbyist like myself tend to
share the produce from our hives with friends and neighbors.
 
H. Smith