foraging on tobacco

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FRAMEshift

September 10, 2010, 11:36:10 AM
My bee yard is surrounded by tobacco fields.  Does anyone know if bees will take nectar or pollen from tobacco plants.  Should I be worried that they will be bringing nicotine (a strong insecticide) into the hive?
"You never can tell with bees."  --  Winnie-the-Pooh

CapnChkn

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September 10, 2010, 03:28:14 PM
Long ago I saw our bees getting the nectar out from under the blossom, before we cut the "suckers."  I never saw them get any pollen.  I can't say the honey tasted any different or gave me any kind of "buzz."
"Thinking is like sin, them that doesn't is scairt of it, and them that does gets to liking it so much they can't quit!"  -Josh Billings.

Tommyt

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September 10, 2010, 04:57:17 PM
If those Backer Plants got sucker Dope on them your Bees aren't coming back
Unless Carried Feet First :(

Tommyt
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Abraham Lincoln

AllenF

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September 10, 2010, 11:31:13 PM
Bees will make toxic honey from rhododendron, so if there is anything in the tobacco......Your honey may sell better. 

BjornBee

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September 12, 2010, 08:23:35 PM
"micro-honey" varietals are all the rage.....   :roll:
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