List of honeydew sources
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Honeydew is a sugary excretion from plant sap sucking insects such as aphids or scales.
There are many trees that are hosts to aphids and scale insects that produce honeydew
Common name | Latin name | Country and Comments |
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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 | Europe Source of German Black Forest honey |
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 |
[edit] Sources
- Apidologie 33 (2002) 353–354 accessed Feb 2005
- Some Ohio Nectar and Pollen Producing Plants Dr. Jame E. Tew Ohio State University Extension Fact Sheet 1998; accessed Feb 2005
- New Zealand Honey; accessed May 2005
- All about honey; accessed Feb 2005
- New Zealand Honey accessed April 2007