Honey

[Felkamlor]

I I know honey gets its “taste” from where/what the bees do. We were talking and wondered if anyone had honey that was mostly from bees on weed. Honestly, I’m not sure it’s a thing, we were just kinda wondering. Thoughts??

 

[Gingerbeard]

Bees are attracted to the nectar on flowering plants. They pick up pollen from the flowers when they are eating the nectar.
Since male cannabis flowers do not produce nectar, bees do not go to them and pick up their pollen.
So, there is no weed honey like there is, say, orange blossom honey.

 

[Felkamlor]

That is an absolute shame, not that I was thinking of putting a hive in my closet or anything.

 

[Gingerbeard]

I had a similar question about bees picking up pollen from poisonous plants. We have oleander, datura, poison sumac, and castor bean. Others, I'm sure, but those are the ones I know about.
Wherever the poison is in each of those plants, it is not in the pollen or nectar, so honey is no problem.

 

[Rwise]

The pollen gathered from plants in your area can help with allergies, way back when I kept bees we called it bee bread. It is stored the same way as honey, high in vitamin B and can give an energy boost.

 

[bdeegan]

Bees are my next adventure/rabbit hole. Our veggie garden struggles with complete pollination and local honey is the shit. I mean it is really one of natures gifts. I wish people would stop spraying for mosquitoes and whatnot, it destroys the bee population.

 

[Rwise]

We (my Dad) kept 4 hives on the front porch, folks would come and set on them and talk about how afraid/allergic/etc. they are of bees, oh the reaction and look on their face when told "your setting on a bee hive".
I gave my hive up when I got stung lightly on the hand, so much it did not leave it stinger. But my arm swelled up all the way into my shoulder, yep I became allergic to them. So now I get my honey local from someone that keeps them.
I agree peps are killing our environment with all those chemicals.
I need to offer a bee keeper space for some hives in trade for a bit of honey!

 

[Gingerbeard]

Hmm... I've always called bee pollen bee pollen. You must be from the north Rwise.
I was into the local honey and local bee pollen for a while. Was going to try naval jelly but got divorced before I had the chance. Not part of the story. Never mind.
It gets expensive. I either have to go to a health food kind of store and pay San Diego health food store prices or drive an hour east to where it was actually harvested.
There is a brand of honey that sells California honey and other states. The brand buy's honey from other states, ships it to Texas where it is processed and bottled as a state honey. Get me? They buy, ship, process, ship back.

 

[Rwise]

Anything to make it cost more, damn. I got my freedom back about 20 years ago, never again will I comet to give someone half what I own! But thats another story. It needs to come from within 20 miles of you so the pollen's in the air are also in the stuff gathered by the bees, whatever you call it for it to be affective for allergies. Of course the buzz comes from pollen gathered anywhere all depends on what you want. Its also not exactly cheap to get started into keeping bees, I still have a few hive boxes, in the spring you can catch swarming bees and put them in the hive box and hope they except it.

 

[Gingerbeard]

I didn't commit to a fucking thing! Bitch took... aaaahhhh... nice weather we're having, wot?

 

[Rwise]

I got rid of one like that too, swiped near $250,000 from me, not to mention the law dog and costs, then she fucking ODed, ~!
Weather is hot and dry for this time of year need rain badly, I'm afraid I'll still be cutting the lawn at Christmas. The dog likes it cause I open the door and he runs in and out.