About this Honey
Produced from the Jewelweed (Touch-Me-Not) plant in wetlands and riverbanks. This honey is a curiosity because it is exceptionally hydrophobic and resists mixing with water. It is dark amber with a mild flavor, but it is rarely found pure because it is usually harvested alongside goldenrod or aster in the late season.
Honey Characteristics
Impatiens capensis
Late Summer
Rare
Eastern US Wetlands
Damp riverbanks, warm pine sap, earthy marsh weeds, resinous green herbs
Dense, resinous, uniquely hydrophobic surface profile with medium fluidity
Honey Profile Chart
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The Story
Impatiens capensis thrives strictly in saturated wetland ecosystems, where it secretes nectar into a deeply curved, elastic spur that requires honey bees to crawl completely inside the blossom structure. The late-summer harvesting timeline overlaps with heavy aster and goldenrod flows, making pure collection difficult due to the plant's highly localized riverbank distribution. The honey displays a rare, highly hydrophobic surface tension profile that resists rapid integration into aquatic solutions without vigorous mechanical agitation. Its low ash content and high resin concentration make it an exceptional binding agent in rustic, low-moisture baking, where it slows down starch retrogradation and extends product shelf life.
Sensory Profile
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At a Glance
A Rare variety, harvested in Late Summer, from Eastern US Wetlands, derived from Impatiens capensis blossoms.