Tupelo Honey
Enjoy Tupelo Honey
Black gum tree
Nyssa aquatica, white flowers
Tupelo is a delicious honey. It is beneficial to cystic organs and does not granulate ever. If tupelo honey crystallizes, then this is not pure Tupelo honey. It is high in laevulose sugar which bypasses the liver and pancreas and does not cause wide swings in mood, blood sugar, or a rise cholesterol. It was first harvested by the Muskogee Creek Indians now held in reservations in the state called Oklahoma. Most tupelo honey is from the South East United States: Florida, North Carolina, Georgia regions of the USA. Tupelo honey bees harvest their nectar from flowers high on the black gum tree, nyssa aquatica, white flowers.
The health benefits are destroyed by heating. All tupelo honey is raw honey. Try to visit the apiary and speak with the bee keepers. The tupelo flower is very delicate and the flowers bloom for only a very short time each year.
Tupelo gum tree grows in swamps and floodplains in the south, where the soils are periodically flooded and the roots are under water for part of the year. Black gum trees occurs commonly growing amongst Cypress trees in the swamps. I found only one source who thought the black gum tree was found to be growing in the Philippines in Davao. If you can find a source for local honey this is best, i.e. Linden Flower honey in the UK. Ask what local honeys do not granulate. Here in Hawaii we have Kiawe honey. It is a white honey and oh so delicious.
