Sunflower-wildflower honey, which is a polyfloral honey, is derived from the nectar of sunflowers and numerous species of flowers or blossoms collected by honeybees. The taste, aroma, flavor, and color will vary from season to season, depending on how abundant the sunflowers are and which flowers and/or blossoms are dominant when the nectar is collected.
Sunflowers are in bloom at the same time as summer wildflowers are, and since honey bees are free-roaming, wild insects that fly, it is impossible to control where they forage. In some areas where there are miles and miles of sunflower fields, it is possible to produce honey where the dominant source of nectar is sunflower; However, that is not the case here.
Hence the name Sunflower-Summer Wildflower Honey.
Mohawk Valley Trading Company’s raw sunflower wildflower honey is as it exists in the beehive: extracted from the honeycomb, strained, and packed into glass jars.
This 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, and although it isn’t labeled or certified organic, Mohawk Valley Trading Company’s raw sunflower-wildflower honey is as organic as any produced in the USA.