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
Common name | Latin name | Country and Comments |
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Silver fir | Abies alba | Source of German Black Forest honey, Serbia |
Bulgarian fir | Abies borisiiregis | Bulgaria |
Greek fir | Abies cephalonica | Greece |
Maple | Acer spp. | |
Hazel | Corylus spp. | |
Common hazel | Corylus avellana | Serbia |
Turkish filbert | Corylus colurna | Serbia |
Hawthorn | Crataegus spp. | |
Beech | Fagus sylvatica | Serbia |
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, 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 |
Black pine | Pinus nigra | Serbia |
Scots pine | Pinus sylvestris | |
White poplar | Populus alba | Serbia |
Black poplar | Populus nigra | Serbia |
Aspen | Populus tremula | Serbia |
Apricot | Prunus armeniaca | |
Cherry | Prunus spp. | |
Plum | Prunus domestica | |
Peach | Prunus persica | |
Pear | Pyrus communis | |
Oak | Quercus spp. | Spain |
Austrian oak | Quercus cerris | Serbia |
Oak | Quercus dilatata | Himalaya |
Hungarian oak | Quercus frainetto | Serbia |
Sessile oak | Quercus petraea | Europe, Serbia |
Downy oak | Quercus pubescens | Serbia |
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 |
Large-leaved lime | Tilia platyphyllos | Serbia |
Silver lime | Tilia tomentosa | Serbia |
American elm | Ulmus americana |