SageHill
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Note to self -- I was craving candy, then the post came up - and I got a spoonful of honey. Craving ....gone! 
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And so much better for you than candy!Note to self -- I was craving candy, then the post came up - and I got a spoonful of honey. Craving ....gone!
Baymule
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When we lived in Lindale, there was an old man with a vegetable stand, selling fruit and vegetables from his own garden. He had a peach orchard. And he had bees. The early spring honey was light golden and tasted like peaches! Best honey ever!
Mini Horses
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In FL the bees used in avocado orchards is dark and almost molasses like. Yummy! I personally liked it more than the orange grove types. On pancakes, oh my!
SageHill
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OMG - I just bought some avocado honey a couple weeks ago. Yup darker and more molasses like.
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That sounds amazing. I'm really looking forward to next spring. We are surrounded by apple, cherry, Apricot and peach orchards and we have almonds, peaches, cherries, plums, apricots and crabapples on our property. I can't wait to get some honey from all of those different varieties. Then the black locust blooms and finally the Russian olives.
Our final nectar flow will be from a buckwheat field about 1.5 miles from our place, in about 6 weeks. That honey is very dark and strong flavored. A neighbor shared some with us many years ago. Don't think I liked it very much, but it's supposed to be very good for you.
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I'd like to try that. It's amazing the variety of flavor profiles you get from different nectar sources.
SageHill
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The gal I buy honey from says that the avocado is very similar to the buckwheat. I'll have to try her buckwheat and compare.
It's really interesting how different flowers yield different flavored honey. Jasmine is a good one - and it grows fast, is pretty and smells great.
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We've been on a trip and are now trying to play catch up.
It's going to be 102° tomorrow, cooler than the next few days, we need to pull our supers, extract honey and test for mites, to see if we need to treat. Hopefully the girls aren't in a bad mood from the hot weather and low food supplies. We will be feeding all 4 hives, I'd like to do it before all of the above, but it's too late in the day now and I will be in town Monday & Tuesday, then leaving again on Thursday so Sunday it is.
It's going to be 102° tomorrow, cooler than the next few days, we need to pull our supers, extract honey and test for mites, to see if we need to treat. Hopefully the girls aren't in a bad mood from the hot weather and low food supplies. We will be feeding all 4 hives, I'd like to do it before all of the above, but it's too late in the day now and I will be in town Monday & Tuesday, then leaving again on Thursday so Sunday it is.
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Before bees came chickens! Started my day with my feathered girls. They are growing so fast.
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