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Almost florescent yellow honey
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I'm wondering if anyone can help me identify this honey please? It will be a blend of different floral sources, but I thought it might be substantially thistle honey (thistles are nearby),so have added to this thread. See photo of thistle to identify and also see honey colour. Capping colour on adjacent frames is also visible if that helps. Honey is very bright yellow- almost florescent (I've never seen anything like it before), and is crystallising quickly. Taste and aroma is pleasant and it has slightly grassy taste somewhere in it. Perhaps is is lucerne? (haven't noticed any nearby however).
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Thistle honey certainly crystallises quickly But I can't comment on the colour. Our dandelion honey can look like that but it's aroma is far from pleasant.
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a friend of mine showed me a jar of his honey which looked like lemon curd...odd substance and could figure it out
went to see him spin in and we found the issue
it was a small spinner and the frames were dragging in the honey and he was basically whipping it whilst spinning
went to see him spin in and we found the issue
it was a small spinner and the frames were dragging in the honey and he was basically whipping it whilst spinning
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Custard is quite nice too!!
We grew a patch of wild mustard/Charlock this year bees were all over it for a long period. Honey was very yellow and sweet, any of that nearby?
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Thanks for the suggestion. No, not as far as I'm aware. Definitely thistle around but possibly lucerne (alfalfa) as that is commonly grown here for sheep to feed on (I'm discovering).
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