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. > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/