Dark Honey, smells unusual ! What is it?

[macow]

I have just removed some very dark, fusty smelling (a bit like pee/socks)honey, unusual anyway. Tastes lovely, just wondering what it might come from. Edge of town setting with a range of trees around me from lime to walnut and horse chestnut. Lots of gardens and parkland

Thanks
Mark

 

[macow]

Look like this but appears a bit darker I real life

 

[Erichalfbee]

Dandelion honey smells of old socks but is yellow. Lime is greenish? Walnuts produce catkins and are largely wind pollinated but bees do get honeydew from them. Maybe it’s that?

 

[Antipodes]

I had a similar honey here last year and decided it was from something in the asteraceae family. When I asked on the forum about it, someone posted an interesting comment that the smell is not necessarily considered a defect (I consider it a defect!), and posted an excellent wheel chart that showed all the different honey aromas on it.
From memory, I decided it fell into the "farmyard" smell category.

 

[ldwgs]

About give pollen content breakdown

 

[Joe_01]

I had a similar honey here last year and decided it was from something in the asteraceae family. When I asked on the forum about it, someone posted an interesting comment that the smell is not necessarily considered a defect (I consider it a defect!), and posted an excellent wheel chart that showed all the different honey aromas on it.
From memory, I decided it fell into the "farmyard" smell category.

A wheel that looks similar to this?

Source: Honey Tasting - dummies

 

[Antipodes]

A wheel that looks similar to this?

Source: Honey Tasting - dummies

Yes, that looks very similar thank you. I can't read it all because of some of the print, but from memory I would put this sort of honey under "animal" where perhaps the farmyard ('pee smell) reference is?

 

[WoodenBeam]

Would ragwort contribute to a fusty smelling darker honey?
I've had a fair few yellow frames this year with a definite osour and not dark - but darker honey.

 

[Anthony Appleyard]

Could it be honeydew? (a sugary liquid excreted by aphids). See Honeydew (secretion) - Wikipedia and Honeydew honey - Wikipedia

 

[Swarm]

Yes, that looks very similar thank you. I can't read it all because of some of the print, but from memory I would put this sort of honey under "animal" where perhaps the farmyard ('pee smell) reference is?

There's a zoom function top right of your screen. 'Barnyard', manure, cat's urine, etc.

 

[redpig]

About give pollen content breakdown

 

[redpig]

There's a zoom function top right of your screen. 'Barnyard', manure, cat's urine, etc.

No cheesy feet aroma in that section?

 

[Amari]

I have just removed some very dark, fusty smelling (a bit like pee/socks)honey, unusual anyway. Tastes lovely, just wondering what it might come from. Edge of town setting with a range of trees around me from lime to walnut and horse chestnut. Lots of gardens and parkland

SteveG and I currently have hives on eight acres of buckwheat. Very dark honey, peculiar smell but tastes lovely - if unusual.

 

[Swarm]

No cheesy feet aroma in that section?

.....Sweat, cheese, gym bag.....it's all there in animal, gamey section.

 

[redpig]

I've got the regional inspector coming around on Monday to check mine, there's a lot of efb in the area.
Checked them today and they seem fine but if he tests them and does find it then its best to catch it early i think.