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bees and castor beans+r they toxic to em

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Posted by williams460 6a (My Page) on
Tue, Jan 15, 08 at 17:24

any one here personaly know for sure if castor beens flowers pollen ect are toxic to bees, done alot of searching to no avail yet .

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I am not a bee keeper, but honey bees decided to start a very large colony under my castor been plant this summer. They were thriving there until winter hit.
I would be more concerned about human consumption of the honey IF castors are pollinated by bees.

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Bees know not to pollinate toxic plants, not to worry about honey. Besides I think its the oils in the seed that are toxic, not the flower pollen.

(Yes, pesticides do show up in honey-but thats a different story)

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I planted 12 castor bean plants this past summer and the blooms always had several kinds of bees on them, apparently without incident.
Kris

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Actually, Bees will pollinate and gather nectar from poisonous plants like rhododendron. There are cases of people becoming very sick or even dying. Below is a link to one instance

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.stuff.co.nz/4449422a11.html

  
 

 

 


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