Honeydew source

Honeydew is a classification of honey produced by honeybees collecting sugary excretions from others insect such as aphids or scales. Sometimes honeydew flows are very short lived.

Honeydew honey is 16 % water, 38 % Laevulose , Fructose, 27 % Glucose, 3 % Sucrose, 9 % Dextrose, 7 % acids and minerals. Honeydew honey is usually dark.

There are many trees that are hosts to aphids and scales.

Source: All about honey accessed Feb 2005 ---

Trees and shrubs as a source of honeydew

Aleppo Pine (Pinus halepensis)

Apple (Malus sylvestris)

Apricot (Prunus armeniaca)

Ash (Fraxinus excelsior, Fraxinus omus)

Beech (Fagus sylvatica)

Black Beech (Nothofagus solandri) Source of famous New Zealand honeydew honey

Bulgarian Fir (Abies borisiiregis) - Bulgaria

Cherry (Prunus avium, Prunus cerasus, Prunus serratula)

Elm (Ulmus americana)

Gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa)

Greek Fir (Abies cephalonica) - Greece

Hawthorn (Craetaegus spec)

Hazelnut (Corylus x spec.)

Hickory (Hicoria spp.) erratic producer; low quality honey

Larch (Larix decidua)

Maple (Acer platanoides, Acer pseudoplatanus, Acer campestre)

Mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia)

Norway Spruce (Picea abies)

Oak (Quercus sp.)

(Quercus dilatata) Himalaya

Peach (Prunus persica)

Pear (Pyrus communis)

Penduculate oak (Quercus robur) - Europe, West Asia

Pine (Pinus spp.)

Plum (Prunus domestica, Prunus mahaleb, Prunus sargentii)

Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) Honeydew crop rare

Sessile oak (Quercus petraea) - Europe

Red Beech (Nothofagus fusca) Source of famous New Zealand honeydew honey

Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris)

Silver Fir (Abies alba) - Europe Source of german Black forest honey

Turkish Pine (Pinus brutia) - Turkey

Weeping willow (Salix alba "Tristis")

Willow (Salix alba)

Source: ---

• 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