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What is Pine Honey?

 

Pine honey is a unique type of honey that bees produce not from flower pollen, but by using an intermediary insect's secretion remaining on the body of some pine tree species specific to the Mediterranean climate. For the formation of pine honey, an insect called the pine cotton beetle, or pine cotton weevil, colloquially called the basra beetle (or honeydew beetle) is needed. Pine honey is produced only in Turkey and Greece. Up to ninety percent of the overall world production of pine honey takes place in Turkey.

 

Basra (honeydew) beetle feeds on the sap of pine and releases the residual juice as waste as a sweet substance. Bees love this liquid that the Basra beetle secretes between the months of July and October. This sugary waste of the insect is collected by the bees. Trees that contain this substance are called honeydew trees.

 

The most important feature of pine honey is that it can be preserved for a long time without deteriorating its consistency or crystallization. The color of this honey is darker compared to blossom honeys. Pine honey contains less glucose and fructose than blossom honeys. Pine honey is less sweet than blossom honey and leaves no bitter taste in the throat.

 

Pine honey has many compounds that have antioxidant effects. The antioxidant substances in honey reduce the damage of colon inflammation does to the colon. It is recognized by the medical world that honey can be effective in increasing the number of probiotic bacteria in the human body, thus helping to strengthen the immune system, reduce indigestion, lower cholesterol and prevent colon cancer.