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The Strange History of ‘Mad Honey’

  • 04-09-2014 9:48pm
    #1
    Rucking_Fetard
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    Visit the remote mountainside towns in Turkey’s Black Sea region during springtime and you may witness beekeepers hauling their hives upslope, until they reach vast fields of cream and magenta rhododendron flowers. Here, they unleash their bees, which pollinate the blossoms and make a kind of honey from them so potent, it’s been used as a weapon of war.

    http://modernfarmer.com/2014/09/strange-history-hallucinogenic-mad-honey/


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  • #2
    nekuchi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭nekuchi


    Brilliant article!

    Another reason to move over to the west where Rhodos abound!


  • #3
    brianmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 868 ✭✭✭brianmc


    nekuchi wrote: »
    Brilliant article!

    Another reason to move over to the west where Rhodos abound!

    Afraid not!

    The Rhododendrons that we have in Ireland are actually quite toxic to honeybees. They're smart enough to leave them alone though.

    Bumble bees on the other hand have no problem with it and it's a great source of nectar for them.


  • #4
    nekuchi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭nekuchi


    Well, if you don't tell anyone I won't either ;-)

    What they don't know won't hurt them :-D


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