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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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

