Editing Honey (section)

=== Plant source ===
Generally, honey is classified by the floral source of the nectar from which it was made. Honeys can be from specific types of flower nectars or can be blended after collection. The pollen in honey is traceable to floral source and therefore region of origin. The [[Rheology|rheological]] and [[Melissopalynology|melissopalynological]] properties of honey can be used to identify the major plant nectar source used in its production.<ref name="honeyRheo">{{cite web |url=http://www.minervascientific.co.uk/bulletins/Rheological_Properties_of_Honey.pdf |title=The Rheological & Mellisopalynological Properties of Honey |publisher=Minerva Scientific|access-date=10 December 2012 |quote=If however, rheological measurements are made on a given sample it can be deduced that the sample is predominantly Manuka (Graph 2) or Kanuka (Graph 3) or a mixture of the two plant species|archive-date=10 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510105340/http://www.minervascientific.co.uk/bulletins/Rheological_Properties_of_Honey.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== Monofloral ====

[[Monofloral honey]] is made primarily from the nectar of one type of flower. Monofloral honeys have distinctive flavors and colors because of differences between their principal [[nectar source]]s.<ref name="honeydefs">{{cite web |url=https://www.honey.com/about-honey/honey-varietals |title=Honey Varietals |publisher=National Honey Board |date=2018 |access-date=25 June 2018 |quote=The color, flavor and even aroma of honey differs, depending on the nectar of flowers visited by the bees that made it. There are more than 300 unique types of honey available in the United States alone, each originating from a different floral source. |archive-date=25 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625190154/https://www.honey.com/about-honey/honey-varietals |url-status=live }}</ref> To produce monofloral honey, beekeepers keep beehives in an area where the bees have access, as far as possible, to only one type of flower. In practice, a small proportion of any monofloral honey will be from other flower types. Typical examples of North American monofloral honeys are [[clover]], [[orange blossom]], [[Salvia|sage]], [[Tupelo (tree)|tupelo]], [[buckwheat]], [[fireweed]], [[mesquite]], [[sourwood]],<ref name="Honey Grading Manual" /> [[cherry]], and [[blueberry]]. Some typical European examples include [[thyme]], [[thistle]], [[Ericaceae|heather]], [[acacia]], [[dandelion]], [[sunflower]], [[lavender]], [[honeysuckle]], and varieties from [[Tilia|lime]] and [[chestnut]] trees.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} In [[North Africa]] (e.g. Egypt), examples include clover, [[cotton]], and [[citrus]] (mainly orange blossoms).{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} The unique flora of Australia yields a number of distinctive honeys, with some of the most popular being [[yellow box]], [[blue gum]], [[ironbark]], bush [[List of Eucalyptus species|mallee]], Tasmanian [[Eucryphia lucida|leatherwood]], and [[macadamia]].

==== Polyfloral ====
Polyfloral honey, also known as wildflower honey,<ref name="Honey Floral Source Guide">{{cite web |url=http://www.honey.com/newsroom/press-kits/honey-color-and-flavor |title=Honey Color and Flavor |publisher=National Honey Board|access-date=3 February 2011 |quote=Wildflower honey is often used to describe honey from miscellaneous and undefined flower sources.|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017072336/http://www.honey.com/newsroom/press-kits/honey-color-and-flavor|url-status=dead}}</ref> is derived from the nectar of many types of flowers.<ref name=honeydefs /><ref name="honeybook_polyfloral">{{cite web |url=http://www.honeybook.net/polyfloral_honey.shtml |title=Varieties of honey: Polyfloral honey |publisher=The Honey Book|access-date=10 November 2007 |quote=Honey that is from wild or commercialized honeybees that is derived from many types of flowers is a resulting polyfloral honey.|archive-date=9 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309203727/http://www.honeybook.net/polyfloral_honey.shtml|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The taste may vary from year to year, and the aroma and the flavor can be more or less intense, depending on which flowers are blooming.<ref name=honeydefs />

==== Honeydew honey ====
Honeydew honey is made from bees taking direct secretions from trees such as [[Pinus|pine]], [[Abies|fir]], [[Castanea|chestnut]], and [[Quercus|oak]] or primarily [[Honeydew (secretion)|honeydew]], the sweet secretions of [[aphid]]s or other plant-sap-sucking insects, to produce honey rather than from [[nectar]].<ref name="Pita2017">{{cite journal |last1=Pita-Calvo |first1=Consuelo |last2=Vázquez |first2=Manuel |title=Differences between honeydew and blossom honeys: A review |journal=Trends in Food Science & Technology |date=January 2017 |volume=59 |pages=79–87 |doi=10.1016/j.tifs.2016.11.015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Seraglio |first1=Siluana Katia Tischer |last2=Silva |first2=Bibiana |last3=Bergamo |first3=Greici |last4=Brugnerotto |first4=Patricia |last5=Gonzaga |first5=Luciano Valdemiro |last6=Fett |first6=Roseane |last7=Costa |first7=Ana Carolina Oliveira |title=An overview of physicochemical characteristics and health-promoting properties of honeydew honey |journal=Food Research International |date=May 2019 |volume=119 |pages=44–66 |doi=10.1016/j.foodres.2019.01.028|doi-access=free |pmid=30884675 }}</ref> This honey has a much larger proportion of indigestibles than light floral honeys, thus causing [[Diseases of the honey bee#Dysentery|dysentery to the bees]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.beeculture.com/a-short-story-about-a-wintering-colony-with-dysentery/ |title=A Short Story About A Wintering Colony With Dysentery {{!}} Bee Culture|date=19 April 2015|work=Bee Culture|access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref> Honeydew honey has a stronger and less sweet flavor than nectar-based honey, and European countries have been the primary market for honeydew honey.<ref name="Pita2017"/> In Greece, [[pine honey]], a type of honeydew honey, constitutes 60–65% of honey production.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Gounari |first=Sofia |title=Studies on the phenology of [[Marchalina hellenica]] (gen.) (Hemiptera: coccoidea, margarodidae) in relation to honeydew flow |journal=Journal of Apicultural Research |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=8–12 |year=2006 |doi=10.3896/IBRA.1.45.1.03}}</ref>