Honeydew source

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Honeydew is a sugary excretion from plant sap sucking insects such as aphids or scales. Honeydew flows may be very short lived. Honeydew honey is a classification of honey produced by honeybees who collect honeydew rather than nectar.

Honeydew honey is 16 % water, 38 % fructose, 27 % glucose, 3 % sucrose, 9 % dextrose, 7 % acids and minerals. Honeydew honey is usually a dark colouration.

There are many trees that are hosts to aphids and scale insects that produce honeydew

[edit] Trees and shrubs as a source of honeydew

Common name	Latin name	Country and Comments
Silver Fir	Abies alba	Europe Source of German Black Forest honey
Bulgarian Fir	Abies borisiiregis	Bulgaria
Greek Fir	Abies cephalonica	Greece
Maple	Acer spp.
Hazel	Corylus spp.
Hawthorn	Crataegus spp.
Beech	Fagus spp.
Ash	Fraxinus excelsior, Fraxinus ornus
Hickory	Carya spp.	erratic producer; low quality honey
Eastern Juniper	Juniperus virginiana	Honeydew crop rare
Larch	Larix decidua
Apple	Malus sylvestris
Red Beech	Nothofagus fusca	Source of famous New Zealand honeydew honey from Ultracoelostoma assimile and Ultracoelostoma brittini
Black Beech	Nothofagus solandri	Source of famous New Zealand honeydew honey from Ultracoelostoma assimile and Ultracoelostoma brittini
Norway Spruce	Picea abies
Pine	Pinus spp.
Turkish Pine	Pinus brutia	Source of Turkish honeydew honey from Marchalina hellenica
Aleppo Pine	Pinus halepensis
Scots Pine	Pinus sylvestris
Apricot	Prunus armeniaca
Cherry	Prunus spp.
Plum	Prunus domestica
Peach	Prunus persica
Pear	Pyrus communis
Oak	Quercus spp.
Oak	Quercus dilatata	Himalaya
Pedunculate oak (English oak)	Quercus robur	Europe, West Asia
Sessile oak	Quercus petraea	Europe
Gooseberry	Ribes uva-crispa
Weeping Willow	Salix × sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma'
Willow	Salix alba
Rowan	Sorbus aucuparia
American Elm	Ulmus americana