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Anthony Norman Morgan <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:23:33 +0200
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> I would like to hear any stories about wonderful or horrible honeys 
> you may have encountered in your beekeeping careers!

My favourite honey - Thyme honey from southern Crete.

We obtained a strange but wonderful honey some 4/5 years back as follows
- We kept a hive in the garden as a sort of watchdog to protect our
fruit trees from marauding younsters The year was one when plums were
very prolific. We did not manage to pick many before they were attacked
by wasps - damaging the fruit and making approach to the trees upleasant
at best and downright dangerous at worst. The bees then made use of the
wasp damaged fruit and upon opening the hive we found the frames and
interior (wood) to be bright yellow and the whole smelt deliciously of
plums. The honey when extracted later was bright yellow with an amazing
plummy taste!

Cheers
Tony
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Mid-Norway
Lat 63 deg 26 N.
Long 10 deg 45 E
Alt. 55m
Apis mellifera carnica
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