My July extracting of honey was a bit disappointing. The honey had a
strange taste to it. Some people thought they immediately detected a
‘minty’ taste to it, while others claimed to taste ‘horehound’. While
some people (mostly those taking the honey for allergy purposes) thought
it was tolerable, others say putting the honey on a biscuit or pancakes
ruined the food.

I have spoken with other hobby beekeepers in the area, - several others
had the same experience with their first extracting of honey this year.
One beekeeper thought it might be from Smart Weed. For at least two
beekeepers, the second extracting of honey had no strange tastes to it.


I was wondering if anybody else has had this same experience. Any ideas
on the nectar source? What should I do with 100 lbs of honey honey? I
was planning to feed it back to the bees.

Does anybody know if this honey would lose its strange taste if it was
used in cooking / baking recipes?

I am a hobby beekeeper in North West Illinois.

Thanks for any ideas.

Jerry

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