This is a list of honeydew sources. 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
Honeydew sources
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!Common name
!Latin name
!Country and Comments
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|Silver fir
|Abies alba
|Source of German Black Forest honey, Serbia, Kosovo
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|Bulgarian fir
|Abies borisiiregis
|Bulgaria
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|Greek fir
|Abies cephalonica
|Greece
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|Maple
|Acer spp.
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|Hazel
|Corylus spp.
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|Common hazel
|Corylus avellana
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|Turkish filbert
|Corylus colurna
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|Hawthorn
|Crataegus spp.
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|Beech
|Fagus sylvatica
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|Ash
|Fraxinus excelsior, Fraxinus ornus
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|Hickory
|Carya spp.
|Erratic producer; low quality honey
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|Eastern juniper
|Juniperus virginiana
|Honeydew crop rare
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|Larch
|Larix decidua
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|Apple
|Malus sylvestris
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|Red beech
|Nothofagus fusca
|Source of New Zealand honeydew honey from Ultracoelostoma assimile and Ultracoelostoma brittini
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|Black beech
|Nothofagus solandri
|Source of New Zealand honeydew honey from Ultracoelostoma assimile and Ultracoelostoma brittini
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|Norway spruce
|Picea abies
|Europe, Serbia, Kosovo, Source of German Black Forest honey
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|Pine
|Pinus spp.
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|Turkish pine
|Pinus brutia
|Source of Turkish honeydew honey from Marchalina hellenica
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|Aleppo pine
|Pinus halepensis
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|Mountain pine
|Pinus mugo
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|Black pine
|Pinus nigra
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|Scots pine
|Pinus sylvestris
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|White poplar
|Populus alba
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|Black poplar
|Populus nigra
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|Aspen
|Populus tremula
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|Apricot
|Prunus armeniaca
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|Cherry
|Prunus spp.
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|Plum
|Prunus domestica
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|Peach
|Prunus persica
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|Pear
|Pyrus communis
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|Oak
|Quercus spp.
|Spain
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|Austrian oak
|Quercus cerris
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|Oak
|Quercus dilatata
|Himalaya
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|Hungarian oak
|Quercus frainetto
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|Sessile oak
|Quercus petraea
|Europe, Serbia, Kosovo
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|Downy oak
|Quercus pubescens
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|Pedunculate oak (English oak)
|Quercus robur
|Europe, West Asia
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|Gooseberry
|Ribes uva-crispa
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|Weeping willow
|Salix × sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma'
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|Willow
|Salix alba
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|Rowan
|Sorbus aucuparia
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|Linden
|Tilia spp.
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|Small-leaved lime
|Tilia cordata
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|Large-leaved lime
|Tilia platyphyllos
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|Silver lime
|Tilia tomentosa
|Serbia, Kosovo
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|American elm
|Ulmus americana
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References
- 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
- Spanish unifloral honeys; accessed Feb 2016
- [http://www.bgrsbee.eu/HONEY_FLORA_NISH_AND_PIROT_EN.pdf] accessed March 2016