Honey Bees in the Garden:  Honey -- How Sweet It Is and Isn't

By Mindy03
May 14, 2011

When people think of honey they think of sweetness. Some plants produce honey that isn't sweet at all. In fact, it can taste pretty bitter. Come and learn a little bit about honey.

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Jul 16, 2011 7:17 AM CST
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Name: Sandy Coffman
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I love the different flavors of honey and I use honey to treat wounds works great and now doctors know that it does work
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Jul 16, 2011 8:53 AM CST
Name: Margaret
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Bee Culture magazine reports in their latest issue that scientists are saying that food that is pollinated by honey bees has higher levels of nutrition than crops pollinated by other pollinators.

I don't know about that but I know we are going to have a bumper crop of cantaloupes this year if we can keep the deer out of them. They topped some of my sunflowers down for me this morning. I've grown the same cantaloupes before and they did really well but nothing like this year's plants are producing.
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