If you walk through the forest in the early morning or evening, you can see dew drops on the leaves of some trees. And if you decide to try them, you will be surprised to notice that the drops taste sweet. This dew is popularly called honey dew.
What is honeydew?
Not to be confused with honeydew. Because honeydew is a sweet sticky liquid that is found on the leaves of some trees, such as willow, ash, maple, hazel, oak, some fruit trees, herbs. This dew appears with sharp fluctuations in temperature or humidity. That is why it stands out on the leaves in the morning and evening. Honeydew contains water and sugar, and, unlike nectar, it contains dextrin, acids, proteins and minerals. In ancient times, it was believed that honeydew falls on trees from the stars. And no matter howstrangely, this belief persisted for many centuries. And only in 1740, the French naturalist Reaumur found that honeydew is the secretions of certain tree species.
Varieties of honeydew
As mentioned above, honeydew is often confused with honeydew. How are they different? The fact is that honeydew is isolated by some types of insects. These are sticky sweet secretions of grass lice, psyllids, aphids and other insects that feed on sweet plant sap. The honeydew in its chemical composition is much more complex than honeydew. It includes hexatomic alcohols, nitrogenous and dextrin-like substances, as well as mineral s alts. Ants are very fond of such honeydew, they even guard aphid colonies to feast on sweet secretions.
Honey dew (beekeeping)
Sometimes, instead of nectar, bees collect honeydew and honeydew, which contain much less sugars digestible by bees. This honey is harmful to bees. Therefore, you can not leave it for the winter as food for insects. Honeydew honey can cause diarrhea and death of bees.
Honeydew Honey
Honeydew is a source of honeydew honey, highly valued in some countries. Another honey from such dew is called "Forest". It has a specific taste - moderately sweet, sometimes with sourness. It often tastes like the tree from which it was collected. Scientists agree that honeydew honey is less valuable than flower honey and is a product of lowquality. But many absolutely do not agree with this statement and believe that it is much more useful and has powerful healing properties. That is why beekeepers in many countries highly appreciate this honey plant (honeydew).
Properties of honeydew honey
Since honeydew is the sweet secretion of some species of insects or plants, the composition of honeydew honey will greatly depend on these parameters. It is believed that the concentration of natural antibiotics in honeydew honey is much higher than in flower honey (about 1.7 times). And the amount of iron, s alts of cob alt, manganese, phosphorus, protein and nitrogenous substances exceeds three and a half times. Other features of honeydew honey include slow crystallization due to low glucose content, viscous structure. For those who do not like the sugary-sweet taste of flower honey, honeydew is a real find. It is moderately sweet, has a mild aroma.
Honeydew honey acts as a probiotic on the body. With the use of such honey, the microflora in the intestine improves, the number of necessary bacteria increases. This product contains a large amount of antioxidants, and therefore, it helps to remove free radicals from the body.
As mentioned above, honeydew honey contains a large amount of a natural antibiotic. As a result of the increased content of the enzyme, the body is better protected from bacteria and viruses. Due to the high content of amino acids and cob alt s alts, this type of honey has a positive effect on the nervous system. Work is getting betterbrain, and consequently, intellectual abilities. Honeydew honey can be used in place of artificial mineral supplements as it is rich in minerals and s alts.
Honeydew honey types
This is fir, beech, oak honey and many others. Citrus honey is especially valued for its taste. He gathers in groves of citrus trees in Sicily, in Tunisia, Calabria.
