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
| Common name | Latin name | Country and Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Silver fir | Abies alba | Source of German Black Forest honey, Serbia, Kosovo |
| Bulgarian fir | Abies borisiiregis | Bulgaria |
| Greek fir | Abies cephalonica | Greece |
| Maple | Acer spp. | |
| Hazel | Corylus spp. | |
| Common hazel | Corylus avellana | Serbia, Kosovo |
| Turkish filbert | Corylus colurna | Serbia, Kosovo |
| Hawthorn | Crataegus spp. | |
| Beech | Fagus sylvatica | Serbia, Kosovo |
| 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 New Zealand honeydew honey from Ultracoelostoma assimile and Ultracoelostoma brittini |
| Black beech | Nothofagus solandri | Source of New Zealand honeydew honey from Ultracoelostoma assimile and Ultracoelostoma brittini |
| Norway spruce | Picea abies | Europe, Serbia, Kosovo, 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 | |
| Mountain pine | Pinus mugo | Serbia, Kosovo |
| Black pine | Pinus nigra | Serbia, Kosovo |
| Scots pine | Pinus sylvestris | |
| White poplar | Populus alba | Serbia, Kosovo |
| Black poplar | Populus nigra | Serbia, Kosovo |
| Aspen | Populus tremula | Serbia, Kosovo |
| Apricot | Prunus armeniaca | |
| Cherry | Prunus spp. | |
| Plum | Prunus domestica | |
| Peach | Prunus persica | |
| Pear | Pyrus communis | |
| Oak | Quercus spp. | Spain |
| Austrian oak | Quercus cerris | Serbia, Kosovo |
| Oak | Quercus dilatata | Himalaya |
| Hungarian oak | Quercus frainetto | Serbia, Kosovo |
| Sessile oak | Quercus petraea | Europe, Serbia, Kosovo |
| Downy oak | Quercus pubescens | Serbia, Kosovo |
| Pedunculate oak (English oak) | Quercus robur | Europe, West Asia |
| Gooseberry | Ribes uva-crispa | |
| Weeping willow | Salix × sepulcralis 'Chrysocoma' | |
| Willow | Salix alba | |
| Rowan | Sorbus aucuparia | |
| Linden | Tilia spp. | |
| Small-leaved lime | Tilia cordata | Serbia, Kosovo |
| Large-leaved lime | Tilia platyphyllos | Serbia, Kosovo |
| Silver lime | Tilia tomentosa | Serbia, Kosovo |
| American elm | Ulmus americana |
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
- accessed March 2016