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Re: Bitter Honey
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Peter Borst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 08:52:04 -0500
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Re: Bitter Honey

Might be privet (Ligustrum). Pellet's "American Honey Plants" says:

"Privet honey is ... distinctly bitter in taste ... the bitterness is
liable to spoil good honey with which it may be mixed."

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