Bill Truesdell wrote:
> Jerry Hathaway wrote:
>
>> 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,
>
>
> Boxwood (Linden) is classic for a minty taste.
>
>>
>> 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.

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> Most who used it wanted it just as it was. Just about any honey can be
> sold no matter what the taste as long as you market it as a specialty
> honey, the rarer the better. I have purchased many specialty honeys in
> different States and I thought the price was too much for the taste, but
> they do sell.


July would be too early for Goldenrod, but from my experience with
Goldenrod honey I'd have to agree with Bill - there *is* a market. I
don't pretend to know anything about Boxwood honey, but Goldenrod does
improve with age. I kept 80lb+ of goldenrod in bottling buckets for
almost 2 years. The aroma had mellowed and so had the flavor. I had
buyers wanting refills and some, who associate goldenrod with fall
allergies, wanted it for a remedy. I saw no reason to mention what I'd
heard about goldenrod pollen being too heavy for airborne travel...

Goldenrod doesn't enjoy the benefit of an identifiable flavor like mint,
so I too would suggest 'marketing' it as a specialty honey.

AL

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