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Re: honeydew
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Brian Fredericksen <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 7 Jan 2007 13:38:35 -0500
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I was really asking if you had say  a jar of dark late season honey and a jar of honeydew side by 
side how would one know which is honey dew? 

Aside from seeing the honeydew being collected how would a beekeeper know he/she has some 
honeydew? 



On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:36:22 EST, Chris Slade <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
>In a message dated 06/01/2007 16:42:03 GMT Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
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>So how  does one differentiate honeydew from nectar?
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>Honeydew comes from the back end of an aphid, the front end of which is
>sucking sap.  Nectar is produced from the nectaries of flowers.
>
>Chris
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