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Honey varieties

Browse honey variety profiles. Each variety has its own page.

Honey variety catalog

Search and filter documented honey varieties. Each value names the study that it comes from.

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Acacia honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of black locust trees.
Alfalfa honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of alfalfa, a forage crop that farmers cut for hay.
Avocado honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of avocado trees.
Basswood honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of linden trees, which people in North America call basswood.
Blackberry honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of wild and cultivated blackberries.
Buckwheat honeyBees make this dark honey from the nectar of buckwheat, a crop that farmers grow for its grain-like seeds.
Canola honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of canola, which Europeans call oilseed rape.
Chestnut honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of sweet chestnut trees.
Clover honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of clovers. In the United States, clovers give more honey than any other group of plants.
Coffee blossom honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of coffee flowers during the short bloom on coffee farms.
Coriander honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of coriander, which farmers grow for its seeds and oil.
Cotton honeyBees make this honey from cotton. They collect nectar from the flowers and from nectar glands outside the flowers.
Dandelion honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of dandelions.
Eucalyptus honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of eucalyptus trees. The name covers many species, so the honey changes from region to region.
Fireweed honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of fireweed, a plant that spreads over clearings and burned ground in the north.
Heather honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of ling heather. The honey has an unusual, thixotropic texture.
Lavender honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of wild and cultivated lavender.
Longan honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of longan orchards in Southeast and East Asia.
Mānuka honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of mānuka. New Zealand rules identify export mānuka honey with chemical markers and a DNA test.
Meadowfoam honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of meadowfoam, a seed-oil crop of the Pacific Northwest.
Mesquite honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of mesquite trees and shrubs in dry regions.
Metcalfa honeydew honeyBees make this honeydew honey from the sugary excretion of the planthopper Metcalfa pruinosa, which feeds on many host plants.
Orange blossom honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of orange trees and other citrus trees.
Pine honeyBees make this honeydew honey from the sugary excretion of insects that feed on pine trees, not from flower nectar.
Rosemary honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of rosemary.
Sage honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of sage plants in the dry landscapes of western North America.
Sidr honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of sidr trees, for example in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Sourwood honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of sourwood trees in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
Sunflower honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of sunflower fields.
Thyme honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of wild thyme on dry Mediterranean hillsides.
Tupelo honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of white Ogeechee tupelo in the river swamps of the southeastern United States.
Wildflower honeyBees make this honey from the nectar of many kinds of flowers. Its color and taste change with the place and the season.

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