Honey production in Hungary plays an important role in food supply and also in terms of local industry within the country.
Hungary is one of the
European Union's largest producers of natural honey,[1] amounting to 19.7 thousand tonnes of production in 2005.[2]
The country as a whole has around 15,000
beekeepers,[3] which mainly export
honey to the wider continent, however 5 thousand tonnes of the country's natural honey is domestically consumed.
Hungary is notable for producing Robinia pseudoacacia flower honey,[4] while other flowers pollinated include the
Silkweed flower.[3] Other Hungarian honey comes from
sunflowers,[5] and
fruit trees.
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