Do all figs produce a drop of honey from the eye when ripe?

The reason I ask is that I was watching an Italian trivia show and the answer as to how to know if a fig was ripe is simply to wait for the fig to droop and the fig honey to start pushing out of the eye. 
You are not supposed to touch the fig until then.

So as I sit waiting for my figs to produce that drop of honey and doing my best not to touch the fig to see if it is getting too soft I am wondering if some figs don't produce this drop of honey when ripe. 

Definitely not. Most don't drip.

Hi,
On a tree, some figs would drip when most won't. So you'll be eating 1/100 of your figs ... Not the best idea !
On my Dalmatie, I only had 1 fig with a drop of honey in 6 years. And I still have no clue as to why that one did.
And the weather was rainy ...

jdsfrans,   

Dalmatian matured, the main crop. The average weight of 85 grams FIG. A drop of honey.

Thanks for the replies Nick, JD and Vladis!

Maybe I should have asked SHOULD figs drip honey when they are ripe? 

I too have wasted many a fig waiting and waiting for the elusive drop of honey.  Does the failure of a fig not to produce this sought after delicacy indicate that you have the WRONG variety fig for YOUR location?  

I think its just certain varieties.  I know my Alma figs always have a drop of honey at the eye when ripe.  I also hear that LSU gold will have a drop of honey at the eye.  But I have never seen a Brown turkey type produce a drop of honey.

Thanks!  I noticed that about brown Turkey..lol
Good to know about Alma and LSU Gold  I have a few figs that should ripen this year so will be on lookout.

This is not a drop !!
More like a full Imperial Gallon !!

 

Francisco
Portugal

I think that's mostly the wasps touch, Francisco 
In the world of Common figs that's almost like cheating in terms of producing internal juices :-)

I can't wait for next year - i want ti compare my Common figs know with the same figs pollinated.

Thanks Francisco and JSacadura!

It sure seems that many favourite figs do drip a lot of honey.  Maybe that's what the trivia answer eluded to; i.e. if the fig doesn't drip honey then in that part of the world they don't really consider it ripe and if the fig never does drip honey then they would not choose to grow it?

Its a cruel world for fig out there but with thousands of known fig varieties decisions have to be made...LOL

To be honest I jut want to know if the figs I grow should drip honey to help me decide best time to pick them. 

Wish there was a list of all the fig honey drippers?

I have 2 for sure that drip honey pino... Niagara Black and my Vince's U/K. And what I learned last year was my NB has to drip honey for quite some time before perfectly ripe.

Those 2 happen to be my favourite also.
 

pino,

Here's one of my first Black figs of the season (probably a local variety by the name of Figo Preto de Torres Novas - i'm not entirely sure, because it's a very old tree with more than forty years - i've recently bought a small tree of the same variety so i could compare the two and be sure what i have...)

This is a small black fig with a wonderful honey and figgy flavor when perfectly ripe as this one was. Not a drop of honey in sight. If i waited for one, the fig would be spoiled. This fig was not pollinated, by the way, has i don't have the wasp (yet)

    

Thanks Tyler Niagara Black is definitely a honey dripper in the sea of figs.  That Vince Unk looks interesting.  I can't access your link to get a closer look.

Jsacadura that is a delicious looking fig and it looks full of fig honey.

Alan, I agree with your ant theory! 
Luckily here the ants tend to localize in certain areas so I learned to move my figs to ant free zones.  Also some ants seem to get there early.
Thanks

GR8 that is the nicest BT I have seen.  Thanks for sharing