Rhododendron honey

Rhododendron honey has an unpleasant taste. When used as food causes general weakness, headache, vomiting, fainting, etc. There are literary indications that the poisoning with honey from rhododendron causes the alkaloid of andromedotoxin contained in it. The bees collect this honey from the flowers of the Pontic rhododendron shrub which grows wild in Transcaucasia.

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