Posted: 8/29/2015 1:51:31 PM EDT
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As I pondered which flavor of honey to pour on my cereal this morning, I was wondering....if a beehive was near a cannabis or poppy field, would their honey take on any of the narcotic attributes of these plants?
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Interesting? I don't think the pollen has any narcotic properties. I do know I used to buy honey from a farmer at my old SW PA residence. The bees fed only on clover, the honey is almost black in color. Clover honey is actually what I ate this morning, and it is JET BLACK. |
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No, the bees only collect nectar and pollen. Honey is nectar that they evaporate the water out of. I'm not a pot expert or user (never touched the stuff) but I think it's just the bud they smoke, which is dry and has no nectar in it. Don't they have to do some processing to the plants in order to make them drugs? I didn't think you could just light up a hemp plant on the ground and get the negative effects of it in the smoke. |
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No, the bees only collect nectar and pollen. Honey is nectar that they evaporate the water out of. I'm not a pot expert or user (never touched the stuff) but I think it's just the bud they smoke, which is dry and has no nectar in it. I'm not a cannabis expert, but from what I've read, there's THC in every part of the plant, including the pollen. Plus the bees legs would be wallowing through the sticky-icky THC every time they landed on the plant. |
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Don't they have to do some processing to the plants in order to make them drugs? I didn't think you could just light up a hemp plant on the ground and get the negative effects of it in the smoke. Quoted:
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No, the bees only collect nectar and pollen. Honey is nectar that they evaporate the water out of. I'm not a pot expert or user (never touched the stuff) but I think it's just the bud they smoke, which is dry and has no nectar in it. Don't they have to do some processing to the plants in order to make them drugs? I didn't think you could just light up a hemp plant on the ground and get the negative effects of it in the smoke. Nope. You just dry it, then smoke it. No further processing is involved. |
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No, however some pollen is posionious and thusly the honey is. Things like Oleander and some crazy plants found in asia. Interesting. So the poison is indeed transferred from the plant to the honey proving that material IS transferred in the process. Yet you answer "No" to the initial question of whether or not material is transferred? |
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Interesting? I don't think the pollen has any narcotic properties. I do know I used to buy honey from a farmer at my old SW PA residence. The bees fed only on clover, the honey is almost black in color. uhm, clover honey is a really light golden color, at least around here. The dark honey is from Poplar trees. |
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Nope. You just dry it, then smoke it. No further processing is involved. Quoted:
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No, the bees only collect nectar and pollen. Honey is nectar that they evaporate the water out of. I'm not a pot expert or user (never touched the stuff) but I think it's just the bud they smoke, which is dry and has no nectar in it. Don't they have to do some processing to the plants in order to make them drugs? I didn't think you could just light up a hemp plant on the ground and get the negative effects of it in the smoke. Nope. You just dry it, then smoke it. No further processing is involved. And the only reason to dry it is so it stays lit. |
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I have read about egyptians and others placing hives in poppy fields and using the honey as a ointment or narcotic.
I have also read about the ancients mixing poppy resin with honey and using it to make a medicinal mead and just using it with honey. Cannabis was rendered into oil I think, so it could have been mixed with honey or used in wine making. |
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No, but a few years ago beekeepers in Brooklyn, NY were harvesting their honey and finding it was bright red. Eventually they figured out there was a maraschino cherry plant nearby where the bees were feeding off the runoff which contained HFCS and red dye #40 which colored the honey. After an investigation, it was found the owner had a huge marijuana farm in the basement of the cherry factory.
bees, honey, maraschino cherries, and marajuana |
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uhm, clover honey is a really light golden color, at least around here. The dark honey is from Poplar trees. Quoted:
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Interesting? I don't think the pollen has any narcotic properties. I do know I used to buy honey from a farmer at my old SW PA residence. The bees fed only on clover, the honey is almost black in color. uhm, clover honey is a really light golden color, at least around here. The dark honey is from Poplar trees. I stand corrected. After double checking, it was wildflower honey that I had today. But it is very dark. 
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uhm, clover honey is a really light golden color, at least around here. The dark honey is from Poplar trees. Quoted:
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Interesting? I don't think the pollen has any narcotic properties. I do know I used to buy honey from a farmer at my old SW PA residence. The bees fed only on clover, the honey is almost black in color. uhm, clover honey is a really light golden color, at least around here. The dark honey is from Poplar trees. You're right. Will check my jar and see what's on the label. It is very dark, supposed to be better for you. It helped with my allergies, because it was local. |
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Florida beekeeper here, just got home from pulling a hive out from under a house. Took some of the comb, smooshed it in my hand and drained it into a bowl, mixed with some homemade cider vinegar, ground black pepper, and some sugar I cured Trinidad Scorpion peppers in, mixed it all up and poured it over some smoked pork from a hog I killed.
Jeez that shit is good. Better than anything any of you will eat today. No clue on the honey from ganja plants. Nepal Hallucinogenic Honey Wildflower Honey is a descriptive term we use when you don't have one predominant source to claim as the main constituent. |
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You're right. Will check my jar and see what's on the label. It is very dark, supposed to be better for you. It helped with my allergies, because it was local. Quoted:
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Interesting? I don't think the pollen has any narcotic properties. I do know I used to buy honey from a farmer at my old SW PA residence. The bees fed only on clover, the honey is almost black in color. uhm, clover honey is a really light golden color, at least around here. The dark honey is from Poplar trees. You're right. Will check my jar and see what's on the label. It is very dark, supposed to be better for you. It helped with my allergies, because it was local. "Pure Natural Honey", is whats on the label. |