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Author Topic: Bee keeping and rhododendrons.  (Read 2613 times)

gingercloverbramble

  • Joined Feb 2009
Bee keeping and rhododendrons.
« on: April 30, 2010, 07:16:53 am »
My husband and I are very interested in keeping bees and producing our own honey.  However, we are surrounded by Rhododendron bushes here on the farm.  I have heard that this would produce poisonous honey.  Does anyone know more about this?  Many thanks.

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
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Re: Bee keeping and rhododendrons.
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2010, 10:35:14 am »
This should help ;D - I just Googled 'rhododendron and bees and honey' http://www.paghat.com/toxichoney.html
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