Honeybees and pollen
Steven (Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:33:11 PST)
Hi Alberto, the short answer is no, it is impossible for honey made from poisonous plants pollens to produce poisoned honey....
I imagine their might have been other circumstances that got the Romans, far beyond their knowledge of the day... It was a time of indulgence & food exposed for long periods to numerous bacterias, also a time of ergot mold in grain for bread that caused hallucinations & even death, & the list goes on...
Bees world wide use extensive numbers of extremely deadly plants to make honey & the end product is always pure & safe...
However, for those of us with good imaginations, hypothetically toxins could carry on the bees body hairs, but again bees are infallible when it comes to cleanliness & their should be no contamination at all...
...Treats 4 Dogs...
On 15/11/2014, at 6:53 AM, arnold140@verizon.net wrote:
Good to get back to bulbs.
Do we think that honey with pollen collected from Boophone is toxic. I've read that a honey made from pollen of a Rhododendron was poisonous when Roman soldiers ate it.
Arnold
New Jersey, where I wish there were more honey bees.
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