Menthol or mint honey

[BaldyLocks]

I just took some honey off of my hives and I noticed something odd about the flavor. I can't decide if the flavor is minty or menthol. I treat with menthol in the fall per instructions. No honey supers are on at that time. I did not treat this Spring. Is it possible that some residual menthol lingered in the hive bodies from last Sept until this honey season? I have not seen this before. It may be that the flavor is minty as I have some mint-family plant growing around my apiary this year. It sounds odd but I can't decide which flavor it is. Anybody have thoughts on it?

[BaldyLocks]

By the way, the hives were brand new last year (as were the colonies) so there is no more than one year's worth of stuff built up in the hive bodies...

[Beemaninsa]

I think if you are useing fall menthol per directions, you should not be tasteing it in your honey. We make alot of horsemint honey here which has a strong minty smell and taste with a pronounced aftertaste.

[BaldyLocks]

I sat around last night and ate some more (and more and more...) and I think the flavor is mint rather than menthol so that allayed my fears some. I had a ton of it in the area so it is not a surprise I guess. Neither the honey nor the frames smelled of menthol after I went back and checked again so I think it is just the type of honey...it has a different plavor for sure. Maybe I will go and sample some more to be sure...

[Mitch]

Might be basswood or locust honey.I havwe alot of basswood and it has just a hint of mint smell and flavor.