Honeydew & Forest Honeys

Honeydew and forest honeys arise when bees gather sweet exudates from trees, shrubs, and other plants – often via sap-feeding insects such as aphids and scale. These honeys tend to be darker in color, richer in minerals, and more malty or caramelized in flavor than most blossom honeys.

Below you’ll find individual honeydew and forest honeys, each with its own sensory profile, ecology, and regional traditions.

Metcalfa Honeydew Honey Dark, thick, slow-to-set honeydew honey from a North American planthopper on hedgerow and woodland-edge trees, harvested from July to early September in Italy, France, Croatia and Greece. Oak Honeydew Honey A dark, malty honeydew honey made by bees from the sweet excretions of aphids and scale insects on oaks, from Spain and Italy to the Balkans and the Zagros. Pine Honeydew Honey Pine honey as Greece and Turkey sell it: a thick, slow-setting honeydew honey from the sweet secretion of insects feeding on pines, gathered by migratory beekeepers each autumn. Silver Fir Honeydew Honey A dark, resinous honeydew honey made by bees from the sweet excretions of aphids feeding on silver fir, in the mountain forests of Europe from the Pyrenees to the Carpathians. Spruce Honeydew Honey Willow honeydew honey