Pine honey
Honeydew honey that bees make from secretions of a scale insect on pine trees, dark amber and spicy.
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Facts
- Floral source
- Honeydew of the scale insect Marchalina hellenica on Turkish pine (Pinus brutia), Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis), and other pines.
- Colour
- Dark amber.
- Flavor
- Sweet and spicy, with woody notes and a resinous fragrance.
- Typical origins
- The pine forests of the eastern Mediterranean, mainly Turkey and Greece.