Pine honey

[1] It is a sweet and spicy honey, with some woody notes, a resinous fragrance and dark amber color.

It is a common breakfast dish in Turkey and Greece, where it is drizzled over yoghurt and eaten with bread.

[2] It is produced by bees that collect honeydew (sugary secretions) from a scale insect species called Marchalina hellenica, which lives on the sap of certain pine trees.

[3][7][8] Major production occurs in Turkey, the Middle East, the Balkans, and many Greek mountains and islands.

[10][11] Muğla Province accounts for 80% of Turkish pine honey production.