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Richard Drutchas <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 6 Jan 1998 07:56:01 +0000
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Victor Kroenke wrote:
>
> Michael Palmer wrote:
>
> >     Here in Vermont, we seem to have a new honey. Actually I've made
> > some on both sides of lake Champlain. Let me start again. Here in the
> > Champlain Valley we seem to have a new honey. Dark in color, and strong
> > in taste. Reports of this "honey" have increasing in the last 2 or 3
> > years. The biggest change in agriculture here has been the increase of
> > corn acreage in the last 2 or 3 years. Hmmm... From corn??
> >
>
> I think you better look elsewhere for your sourse of dark honey.  Plenty of
> corn around beehiveshere in the midwest and we get some very light honey
> crops.
>
> vicThis dark strong tasting honey is also being found in Maine from what I
understand, maybe a new variety of corn, maybe a new pest on the corn in
the northeast or maybe it's not corn but it tastes corny to me. I made a
full super of this stuff per hive during the month of August.

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