Metcalfa honey

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Metcalfa pruinosa

Metcalfahonig is of honey bees from the honeydew the citrus flatid planthopper ( Metcalfa pruinosa produced) honey . The blue leafhopper from North America has been spreading in southern Europe since the 1980s. This butterfly cicada has established itself particularly in northern and central Italy , southern France and Slovenia . The production of metcalfa honey has gained economic importance in these countries.

Since the blue leafhopper feeds on plant juices in an extremely polyphagous manner, it is not possible to assign the honey to a specific host plant. Therefore, contrary to the Honey Ordinance , this honey is not declared according to its botanical, but rather its zoological origin. The blue leaf cicada also opens up plant species for honeydew production in which honeydew has not played a relevant role in beekeeping, such as B. Robinia, clematis, tree of the gods, plane tree, thuja, yew or nettle.

Metcalfa honey has a malty, tangy taste. It is very dark and remains fluid for a long time. The proportion of maltotriose and partly also of dextrins is relatively high and is used in laboratory analysis to determine the variety.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gudrun Beckh, Gregor Camps: New specifications for traditional honeys. In: Deutsche Lebensmittel-Rundschau. February 2009, p. 109 ( PDF  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice .; 114 kB).@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.qsi-q3.de  
  2. ↑ Werner von der Ohe, Katharina von der Ohe, Martina Janke: Honigtauhonig - the different kind of honey. In: LAVES - Institut für Bienenkunde Celle (Hrsg.): Das Bieneninstitut Celle informs. No. 54, July 2009, p. 5 ( PDF ; 1.3 MB).
  3. ↑ Rudolf Moosbeckhofer u. a .: Studies on the occurrence of the blue leafhopper Metcalfa pruinosa (Say 1830; Hemiptera, Flatidae), a new honeydew producer in Austria, and the possible effects on beekeeping. Final report. Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, 2008, p. 36 ( PDF ; 2.3 MB).
  4. ↑ Stefan Bogdanov et al. a. (Expert group “bee products”): honey. In: Swiss Food Book, 23A Honey, revision 2005, p. 22 ( PDF ; 405 kB).
  5. ↑ Stefan Bogdanov, Kaspar Ruoff, Livia Persano Oddo: Physico-chemical methods for the characterization of unifloral honeys: a review. In: Apidology. 35, 2004, p. 6 ( PDF  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice .; 166 kB).@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.culturaapicola.com.ar