Table 1.

Pollen types and their frequencies in honeydew (n = 16) and floral honeys (n = 15)

Family	Pollen type		Honeydew honey				Floral honey
		N/NL	P (%)	S (%)	M (%)	T (%)	P (%)	S (%)	M (%)	T (%)
Anacardiaceae	Pistacia lentiscus	N	0	0	19	31	0	0	0	0
Apiaceae	Coriandrum sativum	N	0	0	25	63	0	7	27	53
	Eryngium paniculata	N	0	0	25	25	0	7	47	27
Asteraceae	Artemisia	NL	0	0	6	19	0	0	7	0
	Cichorium intybus	N	0	0	31	50	0	0	20	40
	Cirsium libanoticum	N	0	0	13	38	0	0	7	33
	Helianthus	N	0	0	0	13	0	0	33	20
	Inula viscosa	N	0	0	19	13	0	0	13	27
Arecaceae	Trachycarpus	N	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	27
Betulaceae	Alnus	NL	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
	Betula	NL	0	0	13	38	0	0	0	0
	Carpinus	NL	0	0	6	25	0	0	0	0
Boraginaceae	Cynoglossum	N	0	0	25	13	0	0	20	13
	Echium vulgare	N	0	0	0	13	0	0	33	27
	Myosotis sylvatica	N	0	0	19	56	0	0	0	20
Brassicaceae	Brassica species	N	0	25	75	0	0	0	87	7
Caprifoliaceae	Cephalaria dipsacoides	N	0	0	44	31	0	0	0	27
	Knautia arvensis	N	0	0	0	25	0	0	33	40
	Lonicera	N	0	0	44	38	0	0	0	27
Convolvulaceae	Convolvolus arvensis	N	0	0	0	44	0	0	53	40
Corylaceae	Corylus	NL	0	0	6	13	0	0	0	0
Cucurbitaceae	Cucumis sativus	N	0	6	38	6	0	7	53	33
	Ecballium elaterium	N	0	0	25	38	0	0	33	33
Cupressaceae	Thuja	NL	0	0	6	13	0	0	0	0
Cyperaceae	Cyperus papyrus	NL	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
Ephedraceae	Ephedra frustillata	N	0	0	0	44	0	0	0	7
Ericaceae	Rhododendron	N	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	40
Fabaceae	Astragalus	N	0	0	6	6	0	0	13	20
	Melilotus alba Medicus	N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
	Onobrychis viciifolia	N	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	7
	Robinia pdeudoacacia L.	N	0	0	13	19	0	0	0	33
	Trifolium repens	N	0	0	94	6	0	0	53	27
	Vicia sativa	N	0	0	13	38	7	13	27	20
Fagaceae	Castanea sativa	N	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0
	Qurecus Alba	NL	0	6	69	13	0	0	13	20
Gramineae	Zea mays	NL	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	14
Iridaceae	Crocus	N	0	0	88	6	0	0	53	13
Lamiaceae	Cistus	N	0	0	6	0	0	0	20	7
	Phlomis bruguieri	N	0	0	13	63	0	0	27	13
	Rosmarinus officinalis	N	0	0	0	19	0	0	7	0
	Origanum syriacum	N	0	0	6	44	0	0	0	13
Liliaceae	Asparagus acutifolius	N	0	0	0	19	0	0	7	27
Mimosoideae	Acacia dictyophleba	NL	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Malvaceae	Hibiscus pedunculatus	N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Myrtaceae	Eucalyptus	N	0	0	44	31	0	0	53	33
	Myrtus communius	N	0	0	19	31	0	0	33	40
Oleaceae	Fraxinus ornus	N	0	0	6	50	0	0	27	13
	Ligustrum vulgare	N	0	0	6	13	0	0	13	13
Onagraceae	Epilobium montanum	N	0	0	19	38	0	0	0	0
Papaveraceae	Papaver syriacum	NL	0	0	0	38	0	0	0	0
Pinaceae	Pinus	NL	0	0	0	38	0	0	0	1
Plumbaginaceae	Armeria maritima	N	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	13
Polygonaceae	Rumex	NL	0	0	19	6	0	0	0	0
Ranunculaceae	Ranunculus	N	0	0	13	56	0	0	20	7
Rosaceae	Crataegus monogyna	N	0	0	63	25	0	0	27	53
	Eryobtrya japonica	N	0	0	38	13	0	0	33	27
	Filipendula	N	0	0	13	38	0	0	27	47
	Prunus mume	N	0	0	13	6	0	0	5	26
	Prunus persica	N	0	0	6	56	0	0	7	27
	Rubus fruticosus	N	0	6	88	0	0	0	87	7
Rutaceae	Citrus aurantium	N	0	0	38	19	0	7	20	20
	Citrus sinensis	N	0	0	75	19	0	7	53	33
Salicaceae	Populus alba	NL	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0
	Salix alba	NL	0	0	56	44	0	0	27	33
Taxaceae	Taxus baccata	N	0	0	0	19	0	0	0	7
Tiliaceae	Tilia platyphyllus	N	0	0	6	13	0	0	0	20
Trilliaceae	Trillium nivale	N	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	13

P predominant pollen (>45%), S secondary pollen (16–45%), M minor important pollen (3–15%), T minor pollen (1–3%), N nectariferous plant, NL nectarless plant