Lavender Honey?

Stanford seemed to weather the "great recession" rather well. Their endowment certainly took a hit, but that didn't stop them from building two new, state-of-the-art buildings on the Medical School campus. As part of the new landscaping around the buildings, they also kindly planted rows and rows of lavender, which I noticed yesterday is covered with bees!

The beekeeper who allows me to keep my bees in his apiary said that the spring honey from his hives already had a nice lavender flavor, and it will probably increase with these new plants. I cannot wait to try my honey and see what flavors are present.