Japanese knotweed honey (aka bamboo honey) is a monofloral honey made by honeybees from the nectar they forage from Japanese knotweed flowers. Its taste, aroma, flavor, and color will vary from season to season, depending on how abundant the flowers are when the nectar is collected.
Mohawk Valley Trading Company’s raw Japanese knotweed (bamboo) honey is as it is found in the beehive: extracted from the honeycomb, strained, and packed in glass jars. This process preserves natural enzymes, yeast, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, bee pollen, aromatics, and propolis, all of which are destroyed by heat.
Therefore, if honey is to be used for its health benefits, it must be raw and unfiltered.
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 Japanese knotweed (bamboo) honey is as organic as any honey produced in the USA.
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Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) is a large, herbaceous perennial plant native to Eastern Asia, including Japan, China, and Korea. In North America and several other countries, it has been classified as an invasive species.
The hollow stems with distinct raised nodes give it the appearance of bamboo, though it is not related. American bamboo is in the family Polygonaceae and is related to buckwheat; hence the honey is very similar, though not as intense.
Other English names for Japanese knotweed include American bamboo, fleeceflower, Himalayan fleece vine, monkeyweed, monkey fungus, Hancock’s curse, elephant ears, pea shooters, donkey rhubarb (although it is not a rhubarb), sally rhubarb, Japanese bamboo, and Mexican bamboo. In Chinese medicine, it is known as Huzhang (虎杖), which translates to “tiger stick”.