honey

Definition

Honey is a primary hive product and has been defined as

[...] the natural sweet substance produced by honey bees from the nectar of plants or from secretions of living parts of plants or excretions of plant sucking insects on the living parts of plants, which the bees collect, transform by combining with specific substances of their own, deposit, dehydrate, store and leave in the honey comb to ripen and mature.

It is described by the following attributes or identifiers:

References

  1. FAO 2022 Definitions and standards used in FAOSTAT. Food and Agriculture Organization. [2022-12-8] www.fao.org
  2. FAO, WHO 2019 Standard for honey, CXS 12-1981. Codex alimentarius. [2022-10-13] www.fao.org
Creator: Michael Rubinigg
Properties

Label

honey

EUPH Code (UID)

[23]

EUPH IRI

https://app.pollinatorhub.eu/vocabulary/classes/23

Descriptor

This class is part of the ontology

Created

2023-01-23

Updated

2026-04-25
Contributors

Class

Author: Michael Rubinigg

Definition

Author: Michael Rubinigg

Translation

Authors: Michael Rubinigg, Carla Stoyanova, Gregor Sušanj, Irene Guerra, Awad Hassan, Claudia Pașca, Michael Rubinigg

Class translations

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References
Arabic

عسل

Noun

Awad Hassan
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0
Bulgarian

мед

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Carla Stoyanova
Approved
0
Croatian

med

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Czech

med

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Danish

honning

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Dutch; Flemish

honing

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Dutch; Flemish

honig

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
English

honey

Noun, Neuter, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Estonian

mesi

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Finnish

hunaja

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
French

miel

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
German

Honig

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Greek

μέλι

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Hungarian

méz

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Italian

miele

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Irene Guerra
Approved
1
Latvian

medus

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Lithuanian

medus

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Maltese

għasel

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Norwegian

honning

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Polish

miód

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Portuguese

mel

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
miere de albine
Claudia Pașca
Approved
0
Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

miere

Noun, Feminine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Slovak

med

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Slovenian

med

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Gregor Sušanj
Approved
0
Spanish; Castilian

miel

Noun, Feminine, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1
Swedish

honung

Noun, Singular

Michael Rubinigg
Approved
1