allotment honey

[Suzi Q]

To all you beeks who keep bees on allotments, what colour is your honey this year? Mine is very dark, can hardly see through the glass it's so dark. Honey from a hive a few miles away is a lot lighter, suspect it is mainly bramble and lime, the taste is lighter as well. I have extracted separately so I can have two types of honey to offer customers, hope they will be impressed!

 

[Rob den Dekker]

I haven't extracted it yet, but it looks very dark under the capping indeed.

 

[Queens59]

Our garden honey looked very dark when we extracted...and when first jarred - but when set was the usual set Devon honey colour...far lighter...no idea why. I am hoping when we move that my bees may forage on things that settle to runny honey rather than ultra solid

 

[Tom Bick]

The first three supers I extracted this year was a dark honey and tasted like caramel.

I had one super of the same last year and as it was reasonably early I suspected Chestnut. It is perhaps the best honey I have had and fully intend entering a jar in the honey show.

 

[thurrock bees]

Ive got bees on allotments. Their honey is alway very dark and strong to taste . It also has a lime taste to it yet my others bees tent to produce a lighter honey.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

very dark and strong to taste . It also has a lime taste to it

In my garden that's usually a Cuba Libran or a dark and stormy!

 

[Luminos]

Is it due to the leeks on the compost heap....