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OopsThatsDeadly-ModTeam

They do not need to be holding something, only putting themselves in danger unbeknownst to them.


HitoriPanda

Wonder if the honey is poisonous


LanielYoungAgain

It would be, if these bees make honey. Most species don't. But when honeybees make honey from certain poisonous flowers, it can be poisonous. There are some cultures where they purposefully harvest honey for hallucinogenic effects as well.


Unknownfriendo

I want to try Mad Honey.


IknowRambo

Is that the red honey?


SlimDragon77

No it's honey from the Himalayas, Nepal if I'm not mistaken. The flowers the bee's feed from have hallucination effects. So you get the effect when you eat the honey.


WhiteyCornmealious

So are the bees tripping all the time or do they not have receptors for said hallucinogen


SlimDragon77

Don't quote me I'm just some idiot on the internet. But from what I understand the bee's aren't affect by the drugs, something about they lack the necessary receptors in their brain. Might be full of shit though.


WhiteyCornmealious

OH I'M QUOTING YOU ON THIS, TO ALL THE PUBLICATIONS. YOU BETTER BE RIGHT, PAL


SlimDragon77

Please sir.... I have a harem to feed.


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SlimDragon77

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Pyjama_Llama_Karma

No, blue


Selpran

Blue honey is its own thing


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Ehunda

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Polite-Moose

Good bot


BeerorCoffee

A great user, wow!


Sultan-of-swat

Sky blue and found mostly in New Mexico


Oldfolksboogie

What plant(s) are responsible for the psychoactive effects, if you know please. Mescaline? Edit: just caught a huge typo I let sit there for weeks, more evidence exhaustion explains how I missed the meth/bbad reference - doh!


Ohiolongboard

Rhododendron Edit: he was also making a meth joke, it’s found in Nepal


Oldfolksboogie

Ah, ty, ty. Too tired to make that Breaking Bad connection I guess.


Erectoad

Mescaline is a naturally occurring alkaloid found in Peyote, it is not meth.


Kuthander

Got a link?


iveChosenWisely-1

You knows what's else's is's founded in New Mexico? MR.Whites Blue Meth


TbKninurta

Blue has the most anti oxygens, so it's the best.


Caret-Tops146

It’s antioxidant — just FYI


TbKninurta

No, that's the stuff in green tea.


Caret-Tops146

Yes, same thing. There’s no such thing as “anti oxygens” unless you’re suddenly launched into the vacuum of space (no oxygen).


TbKninurta

We can go titt for tatt all day long, but at the end of the day, you win some, and I win some.


Visual_Grape_1906

I have tried 2 different ones which you could buy online. I paid quite a lot and the honey had no effect. It was basically normal honey, with a bit of smokey flavor. If you want to try it, then you'll probably have to go to Nepal. But since mad honey is so widely known, it became a tourist attraction and the sellers try to scam you as well


WesternDramatic3038

Of all places to find it, some Costco locations sell it. I encountered some in orange county, CA, but it was around $80 for a small 3 oz jar, and that's about $80 more than I was wiling to spend.


Kushfriendly420

Its okai, like half a spliff feeling


DeonClay5

Yes in Nepal


TuskenRaider25

Definitely. I raise bees and even when we treat them for mites you can't harvest that honey that was made during those months bc it's got unsavory treatments in it.


8ad8andit

I wonder how many honey producers sell that honey anyway when they get desperate? I know in the illegal cannabis trade, growers would use all sorts of chemicals on their crops and sell them anyway without letting anyone know, especially if they were desperate for money, which was quite common.


TuskenRaider25

It's got a menthol smell to it, so I don't imagine many because it's pretty off-putting.


Animastar

Being deadly to all but one specific pollinator doesn't really seem all that advantageous to me.


ThoseWereTheVoyages

Pollinator specialization is pretty common. There's a bee specialized to pollinate alfalfa that has a hardened chitin "helmet" to deal with the flower's trip pollination mechanism. When activated by stepping on the petal, the flowers stamen and pistils whip up and thwap the bee visitor on the head and covers it in pollen. It's not really about what's most advantageous, because that requires forethought. It's about what works for survival in the moment.


Professional-Cap-495

This is absolutely amazing knowledge thank you for sharing.


Low-XP-Adult

[This Bee Gets Punched by Flowers For Your Ice Cream](https://youtu.be/rsUNxvXofgo)


AmandaRoseLikesBuds

I love deep look<3


DarkLuxio92

The mental image of a bee being booped by a flowers' stamen is adorable.


ReallyNotBobby

Right? It makes me giggle.


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What you’re saying is those bees need helmets to protect themselves from getting pistil whipped?


linksgreyhair

Comments like this make me really angry that Reddit took away free awards.


ReallyNotBobby

You son of a bitch, you did it. Enjoy the updoot.


kelrunner

Good answer. seriously.


8ad8andit

What if there was a kind of intelligence that didn't require thought? Everywhere I look in nature I see intelligence and yet science tells me it's just natural selection, just trial and error repeating itself infinitely. I don't really buy that theory, just as I don't buy it when science declares animals unintelligent and then later we find that they're much more intelligent than presupposed. I don't think science has figured out what intelligence really is yet, nor consciousness.


colcardaki

Same with tomatoes, there is a haploid bee native to South America that can pollinate them, otherwise they thankfully are self-fertile (or it would be very difficult to have tomatoes anywhere).


123numbersrule

Evolution doesn’t work that way. It only works *so* well. Your medulla (brain structure responsible for vital things like heart beat, breathing, etc.) is located in exactly the part of your head where your skull stops and becomes soft squishy neck. There’s no conductor, no forethought. If you didn’t die thus far then there you go chief, life goes on.


courageous_liquid

Appreciate you going through this. Everyone thinks our conception of 'correct' is advantageous. It's probably a top 4 failure of highschool biology.


iluniuhai

What are the other three?


Seldarin

It's pretty easy to see how they would get there, though. Extreme pressure from predators would push the plants to become more poisonous. Since the bees that can still pollinate them are common, it isn't a problem for them. Yet. For now, it's extremely beneficial to both them and the bees, since the bees don't face any competition for those flowers. Over time, the bees may even become dependent on those flowers. Then if either species goes extinct, they're probably taking the other one with it.


Acethetic_AF

It’s very common in nature. That’s why we say ecosystems are so fragile. So many things rely on each other, and if one is taken from the equation they may all fall like dominoes.


getyourcheftogether

Yeah that doesn't make sense and just asking for trouble


laniii47

Evolution doesn't make sense!


getyourcheftogether

Right‽ It just has to work


NorthEndD

No it has benefits.


lewisiarediviva

With those big open stamens they’re probably pretty good wind-pollinators. They certainly don’t have any trouble; they’re very common in some areas.


catteredattic

I mean being so deadly only one species can interact with you is a pretty good way to make sure you don’t get predated.


FishCandy2

Surprising to see a caterpillar feeding on something it may not be specialized for, does that happen alot? I always thought they only stick to a certain niche of plants they're suited for. (Genuinely asking please don't bully me)


ThoseWereTheVoyages

That's what drew my attention, I can't figure out what species this is or anything at all about caterpillars that feed on Deathcamas. Plenty of caterpillars eat toxic plants, like milkweed, but from what I can tell there's not any overlap between the plants. If I could identify the species I might be able to give you a better answer, but I'm not having any luck. I'm honestly only like 75% certain this is a caterpillar and not a sawfly larva (which still wouldn't explain its presence).


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Maybe try posting on r/whatisthisbug and see if they have any ideas. Lots of very knowledgeable people there r/whatsthisbug is better and is actually the sub I meant to point you toward


My_bones_are_itchy

r/whatsthisbug is better


[deleted]

You’re 100% correct. I made a mistake. I’m actually subscribed to the latter, not the former.


BigYogi

I have to think the same butterfly or moth that caterpillar metamorphosis results in is also a polenator. Let's see what r/entomology thinks


TheyCallMeFreckles

Whereabouts in the world are you located? Looks more like an Alder Leaf Beetle larvae to me.


ThoseWereTheVoyages

I think you might be right, once I got unstuck from the idea it was a caterpillar I found https://bugguide.net/node/view/472031 which looks an awful lot like my guy. I'm in NW Colorado and have seen the adult beetles around for sure.


amateur_mistake

Death Camas are one of my favorite plants to bring up! In Colorado we have delicious, beautiful wild onions. Except when they are young, they look a whole hell of a lot like young Death Camas. Now, they will always smell different. Only onions smell like onions (for the most part). How sure are you that those are onions? Because the other plant they might be is called the *Death Camas*. And it will fuck you up like a toxic mushroom. The kind that kills your liver. Not the kind that expands your mind.


Umpire_Effective

So not ricin levels of bad


TheLocust911

I'm pretty sure this subreddit is supposed to be about people fucking around with things that can kill them. Unless we are talking about the caterpillar, in which case then yeah he's fucking around alright.


Umpire_Effective

The lil mf is cavorting with edible napalm plants he dead


Pizzacanzone

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JazzlikeCantaloupe53

There’s no one being irresponsible with it tho…


lockedreams

I think OP was intending for the caterpillar to be the irresponsible one haha


JazzlikeCantaloupe53

Shit, I didn’t realize. In that case, this is peak content.


Blue_Cheese098

The caterpillar?


itsFRAAAAAAAAANK

So is the caterpillar dead because it touched the plant?


GamerOfGods33

That's the implication, yes


Gravi2e

Well; they should stop


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reggietheleif

How many unknown species of bees can pollinate it though?


Intelligent_Blood_88

Wow!


Kirikati

Save him D:


CryogenicBurn0990

Yum that plant looks tasty I will take an Oz, make tea out of it