Trucker’s Honey
from Huajillo, Mesquite & Texas Wildflowers

If you’re on the open road and can’t take your sweetheart with you, …then take your honey, …your Trucker’s Honey.

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Trucker’s Honey is made by hard working Texas bees in the South Texas brush country, famous for Boone and Crockett Bucks and Texas Longhorns. Whether you put Trucker’s Honey into your tea or coffee, spread it on bagels, mix it with peanut butter or enjoy it by the spoonful, you can be certain that you’re boosting your daily supply of antioxidants with each delicious mouthful, while at the same time reducing your intake of refined sugars. Honey contains several compounds that function as antioxidants, one of which is unique to honey called pinocembrin.

Honey is one of mankind’s oldest natural foods and is an excellent energy food because it contains simple sugars, levulose and dextrose, that can be used quickly by the body. Studies indicate this unique mixture of sugars works best in preventing fatigue and enhancing athletic performance. Honey also contains mineral salts and other materials needed by the body and is the only form of sugar food that does not need to be refined.

The next time you have a minor burn or scrape, reach for your jar of Trucker’s Honey. Honey is an effective antimicrobial agent. Antimicrobial agents inhibit the growth of certain bacteria, yeast and molds. Honey is antimicrobial for many reasons, including its high natural sugar content, which limits the amount of water available to microorganisms for growth; its relatively high acidity (low pH); and its low protein content, which deprives bacteria of nitrogen needed for growth. When used to treat minor skin injuries, honey’s hygroscopic nature, that is, it’s ability to draw moisture from the air, promotes healing, helps prevent scarring and keeps the injured area from adhering to the bandage. Simply apply a small amount of honey directly to minor cuts, scrapes and burns to help prevent infection. Applying honey and bandaging will promote faster healing and may help prevent scarring.

In ancient times, honey was the most important sweet food. A jar of honey on the table was considered a mark of great wealth. In the Bible, the Nation of Israel was promised a “land flowing with milk and honey”. It is also believed that honey was used by the ancient Egyptians to embalm royalty before their entombment.

Trucker’s Honey is a unique blend of approximately 70% Huajillo with the balance from Mesquite, Cat's Claw, Wild Persimmon, Whitebrush and Wildflowers. It is raw, natural and unprocessed.

Huajillo (Acacia Berlandieri) Huajillo is a shrub that grows 4’-10’ tall in the Texas Hill Country with multiple basal stems flaring outward to form a rounded crown. Huajillo frequently forms dense thickets and has small, inconspicuous, slightly curved to straight thorns. The narrow, delicate and fernlike, twice - compounded leaves (4”-6”) have 30-50 pairs of leaflets on 5-12 pairs of pinnae. The blooms of the Huajillo plant are small, 1/2” round, creamy-white-to-yellow, fragrant flowers. Huajillo is unique to the Edwards Plateau of Texas and South. Generally during the first three weeks of April, bees feed on the blooming Huajillo and produce a unique honey very mild and light in color with a remarkably delicious flavor. It is considered by Texas natives to be the crem de la creme of honey.
Mesquite (Prosopis pubescens) Mesquite is the most common shrub/small tree of the Desert Southwest. Like many members of the Legume Family (called Fabaceae these days), mesquite restores nitrogen to the soil. There are 3 common species of mesquite: Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa), Screwbean Mesquite (Prosopis pubescens ) and Velvet Mesquite (Prosopis velutina). Native Americans relied on the mesquite pod as a dietary staple from which they made tea, syrup and a ground meal called pinole. They also used used the bark for basketry, fabrics and medicine.
Cat's Claw (Uncaria tomentosa) Cat's claw is a thorny vine that can climb as high as 100 feet. It is primarily found in the Amazon rainforest as well as tropical areas in South and Central America. Much of the cat's claw sold in the United States was grown in Peru. Cat's claw got its name from the curved, claw-like thorns that grow on its stem. The root and bark of cat's claw are the parts used for medicinal purposes.
Wild Persimmom (Diospyros virginiana) The American persimmon is native to the eastern US from New England to Florida, growing wild across the south as far west as Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma. Besides bearing delicious and edible fruit, the tree provides valuable timber. Being a member of the Ebony family the wood is quite hard. Wildlife, including opossums, raccoons, birds, deer and coyotes, relish the ripe fruits in the fall. In the spring the blossoms provide a good nectar source for bees. According to one source, the seeds may be roasted, ground and used in place of coffee. Persimmon fruit, probably due to the high tannin content, is reported to soothe digestion.
White Brush (Aloysia gratissima) Showers of strongly vanilla-scented, white or violet-tinged flowers with yellow throats, on loose 1 to 3 inches spikes (2.5-7.5 cm), in spring to fall after rains. The flowers are attractive to butterflies and bees.
Texas Wildflowers