[HN Gopher] The Many Secrets of Georgian Honey
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       The Many Secrets of Georgian Honey
        
       Author : perihelions
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2022-03-21 22:29 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | coward123 wrote:
       | Just harvested honey this past week from my hives... taste was
       | absolutely the best honey I've ever imagined. So much more floral
       | and complex than anything store bought. Watched them fly back and
       | forth from the lavender to the hives all last summer.
        
         | metadat wrote:
         | Good for you, but how is this related to TFA?
        
           | coward123 wrote:
           | Because good sir, rather than being snotty and downvotey and
           | the type of jerk who has utterly ruined HN, I chose to reveal
           | myself as a fellow beekeeper in hopes that there might be
           | fellow beekeepers here who would also want to share their
           | stories.
           | 
           | So, perhaps learn how to human and instead say something like
           | "Wow, other HN human, I'd love to learn more. Have you ever
           | noticed that different flowers or trees make a noticeable
           | difference with your apiary? Have you experienced varoa?
           | What's your thoughts on the various types of European bees,
           | especially those that may have varoa resistance?" or any
           | other number of hundreds of questions that might add to the
           | dialog.
           | 
           | Or continue to shitpost, I don't care - this is my throw away
           | account because I got tired of responses like yours utterly
           | devoid of curiosity and just here to shit on everyone else.
        
             | metadat wrote:
             | I didn't vote on anything. I was uncertain if you were
             | dispensing with a tangentially related personal anecdote or
             | if I'd overlooked a more significant connection with the
             | topic of what's unique and special about Georgian honey.
             | 
             | I agree, HN is a very specific thing, with fairly strict
             | rules and autistically narrow norms and protocols. I check
             | out reddit or one of the chans when I want more open ended
             | discussion. Live long and prosper, friend.
        
       | gnabgib wrote:
       | Server seems unhappy, but the archive has caught it:
       | https://archive.ph/74dHx
        
         | Teracotage wrote:
         | But nothing will catch the amazing place there, I visited this
         | lake with my family there 2 years ago and the wonderful scents
         | permeated the valley almost like magic. In my hotel room the
         | jar of honey we bought lasted 4 days.
         | https://sworld.co.uk/02/699964/photoalbum/lake-ritsa-in-geor...
        
       | rob74 wrote:
       | > _Through their work, they've set standards for select honeys
       | like the country's famous Chestnut honey--a rare, bittersweet and
       | intensely aromatic honey made by bees that harvest nectar of the
       | flower of the chestnut tree_
       | 
       | Er, I'm by no means an expert (though I do eat a lot of honey),
       | but this sounds suspiciously like honeydew honey
       | (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey#Honeydew_honey), which is
       | actually made not from nectar, but from (to quote the Wikipedia
       | article) "honeydew, the sweet secretions of aphids or other
       | plant-sap-sucking insects", and is indeed "bittersweet and
       | intensely aromatic", but not all that rare...
        
         | dljsjr wrote:
         | Monoculture honey does often take on unique flavors and
         | characteristics based on the source of the nectar. This doesn't
         | seem odd to me at all. For a North American example, Tupelo
         | Honey is a good example of a monoculture honey with a very
         | unique flavor profile.
        
           | treeman79 wrote:
           | https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/french-bees-making-
           | co...
           | 
           | Like M&M honey
        
         | mytailorisrich wrote:
         | This is chestnut honey and takes a lot of flavours from there
         | like all honeys made from a specific plant or specific blend.
         | 
         | It's by no means unique. For instance there is chestnut honey
         | from around the centre of France where there are chestnut
         | forests.
         | 
         | Anyway, for me the best honey is lavender honey.
        
         | throw_away wrote:
         | For some reason the idea of aphid honey gives me a "eww bugs"
         | reaction, but then I think, "oh yeah, bees".
        
         | martopix wrote:
         | Chestnut honey is not at all rare in countries with many
         | chestnut trees, like around the Alps. In my hometown in
         | southern europe you find it easily in supermarkets, and it's
         | indeed bittersweet, aromatic, and dark brown.
        
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