Buckwheat honey plant

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Buckwheat honey plant

Buckwheat is a well-known farm plant and a great honey and pollen plant. Its small white and pink flowers are very fragrant and attractive to bees.
Buckwheat, buckwheat groats, buckwheat cereal, and buckwheat honey are pretty much Russian specialties. Russia along with China are the world's leading manufacturers of buckwheat.

The main blooming period and buckwheat honey harvesting begins in the second week of July and lasts until the beginning of August in central regions of Russia. Blooming lasts for more than a month and depends directly on weather conditions.
Usually, bees pollinate buckwheat with pleasure when fields are plentifully covered with dew, and beehive can gain as much as four kilograms! However, often bees ignore buckwheat for no reason. Despite the instability of buckwheat, it serves as a valuable honey plant. The first reason is a long period of flowering, more than 40 days. The second reason is that buckwheat honey is a special sort of honey, which is very popular among fans of honey.
And for bees themselves buckwheat honey is a valuable nutrition during hibernation.

Natural area of buckwheat growth is mildly warm and subtropical regions of Eastern and South-Eastern Asia. Typically, buckwheat honey suppliers are several countries: Russia, China, Japan, Poland, Canada, Brazil, United States, South Africa and Australia.

Buckwheat honey​ features

Buckwheat honey ranges in color from dark yellow to dark brown with a slight reddish tinge. It has a bright spicy aroma and rich flavor. Sometimes wood and clay flavor, malty aroma of molasses can be found in buckwheat honey. This vivid and memorable taste of buckwheat honey is easy to recognize among the other honey sorts.

Because buckwheat honey is in demand for its bright flavor and aroma, it is often being falsified, mixed with cheaper sorts of honey. Even a small portion of buckwheat honey (5-10% is enough) mixed with another sort of honey will give you a recognizable distinctive flavor. It is possible to determine composition of honey with help of pollen analysis.

Natural buckwheat honey is quick to crystallize. This process takes a little time just about one month. Crystals of buckwheat honey are pretty big, what actually opens up new shades of taste.
There’s a good recipe for healthy and glowing skin, all you need is to drink one tablespoon of buckwheat honey diluted in warm water on an empty stomach. You will get a smooth skin tone and a healthy glow! In fact, 40.3% of levulose and 36.8% of glucose are found in buckwheat honey. And that is much more than any other sort of honey may have. There’s a whole bunch of amino acids, iron and proteins, as well as almost complete set of macro and micronutrients.

Buckwheat honey has a truly unique food and chemical composition, and healing properties at the same time. There are many diseases that buckwheat honey can heal. Here is a brief list of diseases: furuncles and sores, retinal eye disease, heart disease and stomach disease, measles, anemia, trophic ulcers, vitamin deficiency diseases, bleeding in the brain, myocardium, hypertensive disease, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, and even radiation sickness. This is an excellent antiseptic. It was established that buckwheat honey is more effective than dextromethorphan (DM), a cough medicine for children. Tablespoon of buckwheat honey before going to sleep can relieve heartburn and soothe the stomach.

This sort of honey is widely used in bird, pork, and beef cooking. As well as additive to sauces and ice cream. Honey is used as a sugar substitute for desserts , and gives a special . Buckwheat honey is a key ingredient in famous gingerbread from Brittany (north-western region of France), where buckwheat plays an important cultural role. “Chouchen” is a mead (honey wine) produced in Brittany made from buckwheat honey and cider. This sort of honey has become popular among American Brewers who produce mead. It will appeal to those who love bright aroma and slightly bitter nutty flavor.

Buckwheat honey should be stored in a sealed container, in a dry, but not cold area, as it quickly absorbs odors and moisture.
Buckwheat honey will serve you as an excellent healer, a cosmetologist, and a sophisticated cook. ​Your daily diet will be enriched! Your dining table will be elegantly decorated.

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