I've planted numerous Russian Sage plants for the bees, and they love them, are always buzzing and feeding. Might have half a dozen bees on each plant. It doesn't matter to me, but will the powerful scent of the sage transfer to the honey? Not sure Id want that smell, if I was using the honey.
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SweetFeet
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Just a guess... but I would think it will flavor the honey.
Dad liked buckwheat honey - and I assume it was darker and stronger flavored due to the bees collecting that plant's pollen. Mom and us kids did not care for the buckwheat honey at all.
(I think the plant George refers to is Bee Balm)
Dad liked buckwheat honey - and I assume it was darker and stronger flavored due to the bees collecting that plant's pollen. Mom and us kids did not care for the buckwheat honey at all.
(I think the plant George refers to is Bee Balm)
Adirondack case guy
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I read on here last year that many states require landowners to destroy Russian Sage.
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Gambles
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The local beekeeper here says that different flowers will affect the flavor of the honey, but will not necessarily make the honey taste bad.
A couple of years ago, I visited my in-laws in Texas and got a hair cut from a lady I'd never met before. The hair-babe had a bunch of honey in her shop and I purchased one. She told me that it was honey that was made from the cotton flower. It tasted a lot different from the local honey.
A couple of years ago, I visited my in-laws in Texas and got a hair cut from a lady I'd never met before. The hair-babe had a bunch of honey in her shop and I purchased one. She told me that it was honey that was made from the cotton flower. It tasted a lot different from the local honey.
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My dad always said he hated working with bees that where in buckwheat. Something about the flower being hard to get nectar out of so the bees tended to be a bit on the mad side when you worked with them so more likely to get stung. But yes buckwheat makes a dark honey with a flavor all it own
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