I've heard of different plants and tree blooms imparting different flavours on honey. What plants/trees do you experiences beekeepers find makes for the best flavoured honey? And which should be avoided?
Star thistle may be just fine for bees, but is not only one of the worst plant invaders to this country, but also they are a death sentence to horses. You see, when a horse starts to eat this plant, it's toxins destroy a certain area of the horse's brain ( the size of a pencil eraser ) causing it to loose control of it's lower jaw and eventually it starves to death. There is NO CURE.My bees collect whatever they can find but a large portion is star thistle. They love it, the honey is very dark and very strong. I like it that way. Blackberry honey is another very dark, full bodied honey. Haven't found any that I don't like. But I hear that Borage can be iffy.