Question #151401. Asked by
unclerick.
Last updated Jul 09 2024.
Originally posted Jul 09 2024 5:17 PM.
Mad honey is different from commercial/marketed honey as it is contaminated with grayanotoxin; ... [which is] extracted by honey bees from the nectar and pollen of the plants of the Rhododendron genus (Ericaceae family), most commonly from R. luteum, R. flavum, R. simsii, and R. ponticum.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9080652/
...mad honey was used by King Mithradates IV (Northeast Anatolia, Turkey) as a weapon in 67 BC against Pompey the great.
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