Bee Chama Honey-Honey Products-Types of Honey-Wildflower Honey




	Honey Types 1 Gallon, 48 oz and 12 oz Jars of Honey Mountain Wildflower Honey Mountain wildflower honey is a natural blend of wildflowers from above eight thousand feet in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. It is a light floral honey. During the best seasons this honey is predominantly yellow clover. Mountain wildflower is produced at 8,000 ft and is a delicate, mild honey that turns anything into a treat. SELECT: Quantity: Desert Wildflower Honey Desert wildflower honey is a natural blend of wildflowers on the Rio Grand Valley. This is the most robust honey we produce. At its strongest it is similar to buckwheat honey in texture and flavor. The predominant nectar is tamarisk. Desert wildflower is a delightful blend of desert flora. This is a dark, stronger honey. It's great in coffee as well as for baking. The bees are foraging on pesticide-free desert flowers. Top SELECT: Quantity: Desert Marigold Honey Desert marigold honey is golden delicacy from the middle Rio Grand Valley. With a heavy body and zesty flavor, it has quickly become a best seller. Baileya multiradiata, Sunflower Family, ( Compositae ), Desert Marigold. Also called: Paper Daisy or Wild Marigold. Flowers: Yellow flower heads are 1 to 1 3/4 inches across, with 20 to 50 bright yellow ray flowers ("petals"). These do not drop off, but are persistent and become faded, papery, and turned downward in age. The flower heads are mostly borne singly at the tips of the stems and branches on long naked stalks, 4 to 8 inches long. Each head produces at least 100 achenes, which are rod shaped, about 1/8 inch long, light brown, with many longitudinal nerves on the surface. Blooming Time: Mid March - November Desert Marigold a bouquet bright and sunny. This light honey is one of our favorites with anything. Top SELECT: Quantity: Cat's Claw/Mesquite Honey This variety has the widest variation from season to season. It depends greatly on the amount of rainfall early in the spring in Southern New Mexico. Less rain in the spring makes for lighter purer harvests of mesquite. This is honey is a favorite here in New Mexico Cat's Claw acacia has flowers in yellow, cylindrical spikes. The flowers and leaves of this plant resemble mesquite, but cats claw thorns are like rose thorns, broad at the base and curved backward while mesquite thorns are straight. The seed pods of the Cat's Claw split upon maturing. Mesquite pods do not. Cats Claw/Mesquite is an Acacia honey of the Southwest with a mild flavor and buttery consistency that greets the senses gently and is wonderful on toast or in tea. Top Out of stock Mountain Gamble Oak Honey We have not been able to harvest this variety in three years and sold out of inventory early last year, but it is worth mentioning. This is not a true flower nectar honey. It is a honey dew honey. It is a byproduct of aphid infestations on gamble oak groves in Northern New Mexico. During times of extreme drought the bees have no choice but to collect it. Top Out of stock Alfalfa Wildflower Honey The Alfalfa fields in the Rio grand valley are small in comparison to most and broken by many ditch systems and roads. This allows for many different wild flower nectars to be mixed into alfalfa nectar collected by the bees. Depending on exactly which bee yard the honey is harvested from it may contain Desert Marigold, Tamarisk, Willow, Russian Olive, or Sage. Perennial plant with a deep taproot system and well developed crown at the soil surface; much branched, ascending stems 1 to 3 feet high; three leaflets in pinnately compound leaf, some what pubescent with serration's on outer 1/3 of leaflets, broad stipules compared to sweet clover; yellow or purple flowers. Alfalfa is the most important forage legume in North America. On the basis of area, the most important crop in Wyoming. Are many commercial cultivars available in U.S. Prefers alkaline soils, pH above 7, which has restricted its adaptation in the eastern U.S. High in digestibility for livestock, high in protein and energy. Top Out of stock Sage / Willow Honey This variety is harvested in limited extractions from La Joya, New Mexico where the arroyos are full of desert willow trees and the hills are covered with sage. A wonderfully light flavored dark amber honey. Top Out of stock Strawberry / Raspberry Honey Raspberry honey is a very sweet, highly acidic honey from Oregon. It makes a wonderful syrup substitute with a slightly fruity finish. Rubus idaeus and other Rubus sp. -- Family Rosaceae. The raspberry is but one fruit belonging to the genus Rubus. Others in the same genus include the blackberry, cloudberry, dewberry, and salmonberry. The raspberry can be any colour from white through to yellow, orange, pink, red, purple to black. The difference is in the structure. When a blackberry is picked, the receptacle remains inside the fruit; but, when a raspberry is picked, its receptacle remains on the bush. Strawberry / Raspberry of the South Central Rockies is a sweet and fruity blend with a robust finish that would go well in salad dressings and ???. Top SELECT: Quantity: Snowberry Honey This is a supper light fruity honey from the Idaho/ Oregon border. Top Out of stock Wild Blackberry Honey Wild crafted blackberry honey from Oregon has a heavier body, deeper color and fruitier flavor than raspberry honey. Top SELECT: Quantity: Meadow Foam Honey Meadow foam is grow for its seed oil which is used in the cosmetic industry. It is a rare find in a honey crop in the United States. This was a limited extraction from Oregon. A very light honey with the smooth, sweet taste of marshmallows. Top SELECT: Quantity: Orange Blossom Honey The Orange Blossom honey is from Fresno California. It is light and crisp with a deep orange blossom flavor and no bitterness.The Orange Tree arrived in North America from Europe but originated in China. Orange trees generally range in height at maturity from 22 to 30 feet. Leaves are dark green, pointed with a round base and from 3 to 5 inches in length. Leaves can live for as long as three years. Flowers are white. The fruit itself is technically a berry (hesperidium) ranging from 2 to 4 inches in diameter at full size. The number of seeds in the fruit can vary according to a variety of factors with some 'cultivars' like navels being almost completely seedless. Orange blossom is produced along the West Coast and offers an exquisite flora bouquet of flavor that is excellent in yogurt or any tea. Top SELECT: Quantity: Chestnut Honey This honey came from a limited extraction in central California. It is a fairly common flavored honey with a slight woody finish. Chestnut is a rich, woody honey from central California. A great glaze or dessert honey. Top SELECT: Quantity: Star Thistle Honey This wild crafted honey from northern California is one of my favorites. An old fashioned honey flavor with a spicy finish. Star thistle Introduced from southern Europe and the Mediterranean region in the mid-1800s, is a serious rangeland weed throughout the western United States. Star Thistle is a traditional honey with a cinnamon finish. Delightful on cornbread and rolls. Top SELECT: Quantity: