Hi all - I'm just back from Africa and was fascinated by the smoky taste of African honey. I figured that perhaps the extracting method was to crush the comb, boil it in an open kettle over a wood fire and that, in the process, the wood smoke was incorporated into the honey (we used to do our maple syrup this way and the syrup always tasted a bit smokey too). Then again, perhaps the flowers from which the bees gather have a smokey essence. Any African beekeepers out there who could tell me what this is all about. To those of you who helped put me in touch with a native beekeeper near Bukavu Congo, thanks. However, my daughter, Eleanor who is with USAID, was evacuated from the Congo due to the revolution there and I, alas, had to cut that leg off my trip. Had a great time, though, Africa is beautiful and the bombing in Kenya only made the place safer. Nairobi is crawling with policemen now!! All best, Faith Andrews Bedford, Tampa and Ivy, VA