Honeydew
The honeydew is a thick and viscous liquid, consisted the excrements liquid, rich in Sucre S and Amino-acid, of the Homoptère S (Puceron S) or of cochineal S, deposited on the Feuille S or projected by the corniculate ones.
The honeydew of the Puceron S is taken by the Fourmis known as éleveuses. These last cherish with their antennas the plant louses which release the honeydew collected then by the ants.
The honeydew is also collected by the Abeille with honey in complement or it nectar in order to produce a rather dark honey, less wet than the honey of nectar, also called honeydew (Miel of fir tree, Miel of forest, Miel of oak…). Although it comes from excrements of plant louses regurgities by bees, this honey is very snuffed, particularly in the Anglo-Saxon countries, where it is called honeydew , i.e. honey dew. The Miel of metcalfa is an honeydew drawing its name not from a plant (of aucuns will have sought this one in all the possible flora… without result, and due), but directly from the Metcalfa pruinosa , insect of American origin having colonized the south of France (inter alia).
The harvest of this type of honey is very random because of many factors (climatic inter alia) influence the production. Indeed, it is necessary that the plant, the plant louse, and the bee can profit from good conditions, knowing that if the rain, for example, is appropriate for the tree, it is more than harmful with the bee. What explains the irregularities in harvests.
The composition of the honey of honeydew is approximately water 16%, 38% of Fructose, 27% of Glucose, 3% of Sucrose, 9% of Dextrose, 7% of amino-acids and minerals.
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