Seems to be some consensus that good quality, locally-sourced, raw, unfiltered is the way to go, but look forward to Wheebz input ...
Also, Wildflower means wildflowers wherever that persons hives are ... highly regional ... citrus blossom from Florida and Cali are differing ...
Most people with bee's have them where it's cool in the Summer, and take them to where it's warm in the Winter ...
So you'll see most bee people have two locations, Florida or Georgia or SoCal as one, and then like Dakota's, Colorado, and Vermont/Rhode Island/New Hampshire/Upstate NY etc as the other ...
I don't want to bury tctenten's post ^^^, but I also have an ASK WHEEBZ for whenever ...
Was listening to some stuff and reading up about BSI ( brewingscience.com ) yeasts, and while poking around - I came across a recommendation of theirs for Pro's to not drop the wort temp faster than 10C or 20F per hour ( http://www.brewingscience.com/education/troubleshooter/wort_cooling.htm ) ...
It's been driving me crazy for a few hours, because I can't come up w/ anything on the Why? behind that ...
when I think collusion, I think of a combination of the three types of alcohol, being beer wine and liquor, and a combination of those three things under one roof, but I also think of like shady back room deals and secret societies