>probably because the bees are bringing in goldenrod honey.
 
   For many years, I enjoyed this late season, tangy odor as a sign of
autumn.  Then my wife commented that it smelled like old sneakers.  So now I
am in a quandary about whether I like the smell of old sneakers!
  Has anyone documented the link between the autumn smell of hives in the
northeast U.S. and goldenrod (Solidago) plants?  When I stick my nose into a
goldenrod flower, I do not smell the same ripe(!) aroma that I smell in front
of the hives.
 
Tim
Tim Sterrett
Westtown, (Southeastern) Pennsylvania, USA
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