do different flowers have better honey than other flowers?

Answer 1

It depends on your preferances...in general honey takes on subtle flavors and scents of the plants from whom the honey has been produced.

Answer 2

The short answer is yes.

Different flowers do produce different varieties of honey that will have unique colors, aromas and flavors. There are hundreds (if not thousands) of floral possibilities with probably a couple dozen being the most common varieties. It is important that you get raw/unheated honey if you want to really taste the differences the floral varieties.

You can read about the characteristics of each honey by visiting the honey board (http://www.honey.com). From there you can decide which variety sounds best and find a supplier on the Internet.

Answer 3

First of all, flowers don't have honey at all. Honey is made in the bees' stomachs (it's bee puke).

Anyway, light colored honey comes mostly from clover and flowers, while dark colored honey comes from trees like sour wood. Honey made from feeding the bees plain sugar dissolved in water will have the same taste as clover honey.

Bees don't get their nectar from any one source. They have a range of up to five miles from the hive (they usually don't go that far if there is nectar close by). At the same time that they are collecting honey from clover, they are foraging every other flowering plant within their range, as well as collecting pollen and pitch.

It is usually the season that will determine the flavor of the honey. Nectar flows most in spring and fall, so the different types of flowering plants at those different times will produce different kinds of honey.

All that being said, bees kept in large orange groves or apple orchids (or any large fields) will produce most of their honey from that one plant, giving it a unique flavor. Otherwise, honey is a blend of every flower around the hive.

Answer 4

Some honeys made from different flowers have different sugar counts. If you have allergies, it is best to eat honey that only comes from your region. Here is a website that gives you some explanation for some different types of honey
http://www.higginshouse.com/foodwine/MeadMaking.html
the chart is almost half way down the page

Answer 5

in general there is just wild flower honey and basswood honey, as far as real honey is concerned.. basswood is usually available all year while wild flower, only in spring and early summer.. personally i like the wild flower better and always get 100% per west virginia wild flower honey.. not even sure what most store bought 'honey' is.. its real good straight out of the comb too..

Answer 6

oh my, YES! in the mtns. of east tn., the best is considered by many to be sourwood(from flowers of the sourwood tree). i personally like tulip poplar honey the best as it's dark red and thick, but there are thousands of varieties and even mixtures depending upon where you live and the varieties of flowers the bees are working.