Here's something interesting I just learned...
When bees obtain their nectar from certain flowers, the resulting honey can cause you dizziness, weakness, excessive perspiration, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes death. Some other symptoms are low blood pressure, shock, heart rhythm irregularities, and convulsions.
According to Wikipedia, "honey produced from nectar of Rhododendron ponticum (also known as Azalea pontica) contains alkaloids that are poisonous to humans but do not harm bees. Xenophon, Aristotle, Strabo, Pliny the Elder, and Columella all document the results of eating this "maddening" honey. Honey from these plants poisoned Roman troops in the first century BC under Pompey the Great when they were attacking the Heptakometes in Turkey. The Roman soldiers became delirious and nauseous after eating the toxic honey, leading to an easy defeat."
When bees obtain their nectar from certain flowers, the resulting honey can cause you dizziness, weakness, excessive perspiration, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes death. Some other symptoms are low blood pressure, shock, heart rhythm irregularities, and convulsions.
According to Wikipedia, "honey produced from nectar of Rhododendron ponticum (also known as Azalea pontica) contains alkaloids that are poisonous to humans but do not harm bees. Xenophon, Aristotle, Strabo, Pliny the Elder, and Columella all document the results of eating this "maddening" honey. Honey from these plants poisoned Roman troops in the first century BC under Pompey the Great when they were attacking the Heptakometes in Turkey. The Roman soldiers became delirious and nauseous after eating the toxic honey, leading to an easy defeat."
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