I lived in southern France for a year, and it was interesting to watch the beekeepers move their hives from week to week based on what was in bloom. They kept to a pretty elaborate schedule, and they would market the honey based on what the predominant plant was. The variations in color were amazing, from dark mahogany brown to almost transparent.
These were mainly family businesses and you had to be careful not to tailgate the wrong pickup truck, lest you wind up with a cloud of angry bees suddenly filling your car.
Bees here (Western US) produce a similar range of honeys(sp?). During the busiest seasons it's hard to drive a highway and not find one, two, or three bee keepers selling honey 'harvested' from different crops.
These were mainly family businesses and you had to be careful not to tailgate the wrong pickup truck, lest you wind up with a cloud of angry bees suddenly filling your car.