# Black Honey from flowframe **URL:** \ **Category:** Beekeeping - Basics\ **Created:** [August 25, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248 "2020-08-25T12:43:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mikejh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/mikejh/32/20933_2.png) [@mikejh](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/mikejh)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/1 "2020-08-25T12:43:42Z")
Has anyone had honey this black before? (the brown honey is to compare from another local beekeeper) and would they know what local plants might me the reason, I live in the Northern Rivers NSW ![IMG_20200825_223755](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/3X/a/0/a0713559e2bcf79aaf653637a8c77dc7ac11321b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![skeggley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/skeggley/32/27522_2.png) [@skeggley](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/skeggley)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/2 "2020-08-25T14:03:27Z")
I’ve seen callistemon (bottlebrush) honey that looked like tar. ---
**Author:** ![Dawn\_SD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dawn_sd/32/15954_2.png) [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/3 "2020-08-25T15:52:10Z")
Buckwheat, chestnut, tulip poplar and knotweed honey can all be very dark. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Peter48](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/peter48/32/14625_2.png) [@Peter48](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Peter48)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/4 "2020-08-25T21:21:50Z")
If you have red flowering paper barks in your area it is a possible. Whatever the bees foraged on it must be in abundance there so I would be looking in the bush rather than crops or suburbia… Cheers ---
**Author:** ![mikejh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/mikejh/32/20933_2.png) [@mikejh](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/mikejh)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/5 "2020-08-25T21:42:04Z")
might be onto something there were do have a few paperbark trees ---
**Author:** ![Freebee2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/freebee2/32/18643_2.png) [@Freebee2](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Freebee2)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/6 "2020-08-25T23:03:56Z")
Wow that looks like molasses. I love the dark honeys and wouldn’t mind giving this a try! Are you selling this at any of the local farmers markets? ---
**Author:** ![Peter48](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/peter48/32/14625_2.png) [@Peter48](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Peter48)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/7 "2020-08-25T23:28:02Z")
The lemon flowering paper bark is a light color honey but up here the red flowering paper bark flowers at a different time and it’s honey is bitumen black and nice taste to it. Cheers ---
**Author:** ![Rodderick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/rodderick/32/15174_2.png) [@Rodderick](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Rodderick)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/8 "2020-08-26T01:07:42Z")
Could be Bloodwoods, it produces an extremely dark honey. I think you need to make up a floral calendar . ---
**Author:** ![fffffred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@fffffred](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/fffffred)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/9 "2020-08-26T02:54:24Z")
More importantly, how does it taste? Looks yummmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Rmcpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/rmcpb/32/3147_2.png) [@Rmcpb](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Rmcpb)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/10 "2020-08-26T07:16:48Z")
You sure they have not raided a licorice factory? ---
**Author:** ![mikejh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/mikejh/32/20933_2.png) [@mikejh](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/mikejh)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 6:20am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/11 "2020-09-02T06:20:34Z")
Nope will never be that organised! ---
**Author:** ![mikejh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/mikejh/32/20933_2.png) [@mikejh](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/mikejh)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/12 "2020-09-02T06:21:07Z")
Taste is good, cant really taste anything distinctive so it’s hard to describe ---
**Author:** ![Freebee2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/freebee2/32/18643_2.png) [@Freebee2](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Freebee2)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/13 "2020-09-02T06:27:45Z")
Ahh that’s a shame! Though more for you to enjoy 🙂 Have you seen this already? The honey flavour and aroma chart on page 4 is the bit that might be of interest… > **[FLOW-HoneyTastingBooklet-ALL-updated.pdf](https://www.honeyflow.com/media/docs/FLOW-HoneyTastingBooklet-ALL-updated.pdf)** > > 1156.99 KB ---
**Author:** ![mikejh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/mikejh/32/20933_2.png) [@mikejh](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/mikejh)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/black-honey-from-flowframe/27248/14 "2020-09-02T06:31:26Z")
Thanks Ill take a look