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Firstly, a big thankyou to sweetpea62 and alsoppdigitalart for their User Awards on my Wild Columbine. Thankyou Lin and John.
I love these plants, and this year this pink variety of mine gave me great delight.
I've given you a few snippets of information on this plant, but haven't told you about Mad Honey!
"A sip of toxic nectar could kill a horse, and render a soldier senseless".
Many rhododendron flowers are steeped in nectar and pollen, but some species produce a toxin called grayanotoxin which can taint the bees’ honey. Though harmless to bees, “mad honey” was known even in ancient times, when – according to folklore - it was surrepticiously employed to inebriate and vanquish entire armies.
Some species are poisonous to grazing animals, with some animals dying within a few hours of ingesting the plant, although most horses tend to avoid it if they have access to good forage.
Rhododendron honey, however, remains toxic for only a very short period. Honey that is stored in the comb, along with say the sycamore and bluebell, will have lost it's toxicity before the first extraction. Also, the bees themselves will consume most if not all of this nectar and honey for brood rearing during the spring and early summer build up.
Pamela.
| Camera: | Fujifilm FinePix HS20EXR |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Focal Length: | 7mm |
| Aperture: | f/f4.5 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/58sec |
| Exposure Comp: | - 1 step |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Exposure Mode: | AP |
| Metering Mode: | average |
| Flash: | no flash |
| White Balance: | manual |
| Title: | Rhododendron Trio |
| Username: | 
pamelajean |
| Uploaded: | 16 Sep 2012 - 4:54 PM |
| Tags: | Dendron, Digitally manipulated, Ericaceae, Eudicots, Flowers & plants, Rhodos, Rose, Tree |
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Gorgeous colours......nice presentation...........
Love the colour and detail in this Pamela, super image,
Fred.
Truly lovely image. Wonderful colour. Like your write-up. 
Lavina
The interesting detailed backgrounder is something I hope more epZers will do. It does not influence my careful consideration of your excellent Rhodo image however. I decided it was brilliant before reading the toxins story. A pleasure to see. TG
Did you use any specific lighting set up, Pamela. The quality of the light and colour is superb, and the processing and presentation is masterful.
Dave
BRIAN: Sorry the corners aren't to your liking.
DAVE: Just daylight, taken in the garden.
Love the vibrant colour and presentation Pamela and another fascinating description of the plant to accompany it.
Quote: "A sip of toxic nectar could kill a horse, and render a soldier senseless".
Bring it on, I could with some quality kip! 
Good work Pamela.....
Ade
It would need to be particularly powerful to KO Ciderhead Osmant! lol
O it has to be Pamela's as always perfect, not much more to say really but this...outstanding work.
John
A stunning capture, so full of detail, Pamela. A very interesting write-up too 
Trev
Another gorgeous shot Pam', and I love what you've done with the BG.
John
Fantastic shot, fabulous colours and excellent detail, beautifully presented.
Hugh
delicate and fine, beautifully sensual .. could you wish for more?
wonderful.
Quote: Delicate and fine, beautifully sensual .. could you wish for more?
wonderful.
Incredible Pamela.
Pam
Beautiful image, excellent light, colour and clarity.. great writing up.. , I've never eaten Rhododendron , still could be 'mad' sometimes, I suspect it was the honey that I bought from the supermarket.. I wouldn't name the supermarket though..just kidding.. really enjoy the stroy.
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