Goldenrod honey is made from the nectar of goldenrods gathered by honeybees. Its taste, aroma, flavor, and color will vary from season to season, depending on how abundant goldenrods are when the nectar is collected.
Goldenrod honey can be dark and strong due to the presence of other nectars. However, when goldenrod is the primary nectar source and weather conditions allow bees to collect nectar in large quantities, a golden, spicy, mildly pungent honey results, as with goldenrod honey from the Mohawk Valley Trading Company.
Our raw goldenrod honey is made from the nectar of a wide variety of goldenrods that bloom in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 4a to 7b in New York and Vermont from about July until a killing frost. It is as it exists in the beehive: extracted from the honeycomb, strained, and packed into glass jars. This process retains natural enzymes, yeast, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, bee pollen, aromatics, and propolis.
No pesticides or herbicides are used in the areas where we set up our bee yards. Although it isn’t labeled or certified organic, Mohawk Valley Trading Company’s raw goldenrod honey is as organic as any honey produced in the USA.
Goldenrods (botanical name Solidago) are a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, found in meadows, pastures, along roads, and many other areas across North America.
Goldenrods are also used to make tea and for decorations, and in some places are considered a sign of good luck or fortune. Although considered weeds by many in North America, they are appreciated as garden plants in Europe, where British gardeners adopted them as garden subjects long before Americans began to accept them in the 1980s. Goldenrods often bloom from about July until a killing frost.