bees depend flowers to produce honey, cant they avoid poison flower or die from them.
2006-06-06 03:25:43 · 9 answers · asked by mwenyeji 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
FLOWER GARDEN PLANTS
PLANT TOXIC PART SYMPTOMS
Anemone Seed and young plants Gastric, nervous system, depression
Autumn Crocus, Star of Bethlehem Bulbs Vomiting and nervous excitement.
Bleeding Heart Foliage, roots May be poisonous in large amounts. Has proved fatal to cattle.
Buttercups all parts (especially flowers) -
Castor bean Seeds Burning of mouth and throat, gastric, intestinal
Dicentra (Bleeding heart) All plant parts Trembling, staggering, convulsions
Dutchman's breeches All parts, especially bulbs -
Four O'clock Roots, seeds Gastric, intestinal
Foxglove Leaves Large amounts cause dangerously irregular heartbeat and pulse, usually digestive upset and mental confusion. May be fatal.
Gloriosa lily All parts Numbness of lips and tongue, intestinal, convulsions
Hyacinth Bulb Intestinal
Iris Underground stems Severe-but not usually serious-digestive upset.
Larkspur Young plant, seeds Digestive upset, nervous excitement, depression. May be fatal.
Lily-of-the-Valley Leaves, flowers Irregular heart beat and pulse, usually accompanied by digestive upset and mental confusion.
Lobelia All parts -
Monkshood Fleshy roots Digestive upset and nervous excitement.
Morning Glory SeedsHallucinogen
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2006-06-06 03:30:03 · answer #1 · answered by SweetBaby 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bees don't eat the flowers.
There are many plants that only have certain parts that are poisonous. Like rhubarb for instance, we eat the stalks, but the leaves are poison.
Likewise with pollen, pollen isn't poisonous to bees. Not all bees produce honey. Those who feed on nectar and produce honey are usually not generally visiting poisonous flowers. Clover, thyme, and other flowers that produce the best honey are perfectly safe for people to eat too. I have heard of people having allergic reactions to honey that is produced from flowers they are allergic to. I imagine you could poison someone the same way. Insects are metabolically different from humans, so they poisons affect them differently. Like birds who can eat poison berries that we can't eat. Lucky birds.
Some species of animals and insects have developed a resistance (and sometimes even a dependance) to toxins in the plants they feed on too. And some, like the monarch butterfly, are poisonous to other creatures who try to eat them because of this.
2006-06-07 11:04:41 · answer #2 · answered by kaplah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flowers poisonous to humans do not harm bees.
And since I do not you in person, I better don't tell you which of the flowers are poisonous. If you really need to know, any good book on horticulture will help.
2006-06-06 10:28:40 · answer #3 · answered by Sean F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aconite (wolfsbane, monkhood)
Anemone (windflower)
Anthurium
Atamasco lily
Autumn crocus
Azalea
Baneberry
Black locust
Bloodroot
Boxwood
Burning bush
Buttercup
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias Tuberosa)
Caladium
Calla
Carolina jasmine
Castor bean
Cherry laurel
Chinaberry (bead tree)
Christmas rose
Clematis
Daffodil
Deadly nightshade
Death cammas (black snakeroot)
Delphinium (larkspur)
Dogbane
Dumbcane (Dieffenbachia)
Elephant ears
False hellebore
Four o'clock (Mirabilis)
Giant elephant ear
Gloriosa lily
Golden chain tree
Goldenseal
Heavenly bamboo
Henbane (black henbane)
Horse chestnut (Ohio buckeye)
Horse nettle
Hyacinth
Hyacinth bean
Hydrangea
Iris
Ivy (English ivy)
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Jerusalem cherry
Jessamine (jasmine)
Jetbead (jetberry)
Jimson weed (Datura)
Jonquil
Kentucky coffee tree
Lantana
Leopard's bane
Lily of the valley
Lobelia (cardinal flower, Indian tobacco)
Marsh marigold
May apple
Mescal bean (Texas mountain laurel)
Mistletoe
Morning glory
Mountain laurel
Nightshade
Oleander
Periwinkle (myrtle, vinca)
Philodendron
Pittosporum
Poison hemlock
Potato
Privet
Rhododendron
Rock poppy (celandyne)
Schefflera
Spring adonis
Spurge
Star of Bethlehem
Sweet pea
Tobacco Nicotiana
Trumpet flower
Water hemlock
Wild cherry (black cherry)
Wisteria
Yellow allamanda
Yellow oleander
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2006-06-06 10:32:50 · answer #4 · answered by Mindy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noche buena (X-mas flower) Poison Ivy
2006-06-06 10:28:29 · answer #5 · answered by Marquel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THis may not answer your Q but deadly nightshade is poisounus the berries more than flowers
2006-06-06 10:28:53 · answer #6 · answered by bob c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Oleander is poisinous. it's a bushy flower....usually has white, pink or red flowers on it. very poisinous...will kill humans, especially children. soak several of the stems in bottled water, etc then give it to your boyfriend, archnemesis, whoever....see what happens!
2006-06-06 10:32:30 · answer #7 · answered by thetoothfairyiscreepy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
white oleander
2006-06-09 00:01:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
evolution my friend, you gotta love it!
2006-06-06 10:28:20 · answer #9 · answered by Z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋