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Yeah..you sure that is not a ploy to make them easier to Catch..?
Mind I Think the bear has had something a bit stronger than canna...
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Canna Honey is an odd one, I did a little looking around and there are no good answers I could find.
When looking for answers, not one answer looked at the fact that cannabis is wind pollinated. Flowers that bees like are for lack of a better word "showy" with petals around the sex & seed producing part.
This leeads the bee in and as a reward it can gather nectar, which is its food source and is stored in combs as honey.
By flying from flower to flower the plants get pollinated, the excess pollen collected on the legs (refered to as pollen sacks) get chewed up and is what the wax in the comb is made of.
Cannabis has no need of nectar to entice the bees in because like maize it is wind pollinated, this is why cannabis flower are formed in a inflorescence (a mass of small flowers growing close to each other)
and the male cannabis plant is tall and leggy, so as to allow the pollen to fall downward to pollinate the lower growing female cannabis plant.
Even if cannabis were to produce nectar it is inside the flower and would not I suspect contain any THC but the calyx does have THC and would probably get stuck to the legs with the pollen, which would then go to make wax. If this was the case then it would be the wax which was psychoactive.
There are tinctures made with "Agave Nectar" and THC. The "Agave Nectar" is a marketing term and is actually "Agave Syrup" with added THC.
I can not prove any of this, I do not say it is fact. Just my thought based of some knowledge ie. cannabis is wind pollinated etc. Info on other forums is also sketchy, but they don't address the same thoughts as I have here, which I see as an over sight.
If anyone has more info, please be sure to share what you know with us.
As for pictures of cannabis plants with bees on them, this is likely to happen from time to time as the fly around they sometimes stop for a rest or warm their bodies up on cool mornings.
If bees were into cannabis plant we would see pictures of them on outdoor cannabis all the time , this is not what happens.
There are lots of good reasons to grow your own. and you named some off them! The satisfaction of growing is itself a reward also. You get to try new strains that you've never had. Hell, with bagweed, you don't really know what your getting no matter what they try to tell you it is., It could be some old ditchweed for all you know, or full of pesticides, etc. For many of us that need it as a medicine, buying it is not an option. $300 or more a month? that’s a car payment! Hell, we don't spend that much on food! But even without any of those reasons, I'd grow anyway, just for the pleasure of it, and sometimes the challenges it may present! :Sharing One:
Well. more like fading into history....and there are still people who can't make them work either.......LOL!
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I don't know if it qualifies technically as nectar, but I'm still curious and we need to know more about the mystery sap blobs some people have found on their indoor cannabis plants. It's like a totally random brown sugary nectal looking blob. We need to have one of these lab tested haha, and I just have to figure out what conditions caused one to produce 
Anyone know what I'm talking about? I swear I'm not making it up lol.
Anyone know what I'm talking about? I swear I'm not making it up lol.
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[h=1]New Study: Putting Chickens On Hemp Diet Increases Health Of Their Eggs[/h]News, Studies
October 28, 2013
by TheJointBlog
A new study published in the Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safetyhas found that chickens fed primarily with hemp produce healthy, omega-3 rich eggs that may provide more nutrients than eggs laid by chickens who are fed differently.
For the study, chickens were placed on a diet of linseed cake, rapeseed cake and hemp seed cake (“cake” is the byproduct of pressing the seeds into oil). Researchers found that those fed with hemp seed cake produced healthy eggs that were higher in omega-3s. Feeding the chickens hemp seed cake also provides the “possibility of the enrichment of yolk fat with polyunsaturated fatty acids”, according to researchers.
The results of this study are similar to one published last year by the National Institute of Health, which found that placing chickens on a hemp diet leads to the “enrichment of the n-3 fatty acid content of eggs.”
– TheJointBlog - http://thejointblog.com/new-study-placing-chickens-hemp-diet-increases-health-eggs/
[h=1]Chickens On Hemp Diet Lay Healthy, Omega-3 Eggs[/h]
(Photo: Woven Meadows Farm)
[h=4]Adding hemp to chicken feed may provide a way for farmers to enrich their eggs, according to a recent German study.[/h]While farmers often give flax or chia seeds – both rich in omega-3 fats – to egg-laying hens, hemp seed is rarely if ever used.
But with hemp production on a worldwide rise, scientists at the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health wanted to figure out whether by-products of hemp could be used as an alternative feed supplement.
Published in the Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, their study suggests that feed made from hemp can be safely given to hens while providing egg farmers with the “possibility of the enrichment of yolk fat.”
Hemp seed cake, the by-product of pressing hemp for oil, was compared with rapeseed cake, a popular feed supplement among German egg farmers, and the less common linseed cake. THC and CBD levels in the hemp cake were both below 0.005%.
While the study was the first to compare hemp with other omega fat sources, similar results were achieved last year with hemp seed and hemp seed oil at the University of Manitoba, Canada. Up to 20% of feed was supplemented without any negative effects on the hens, the authors wrote.
Livestock feed could be a smart way to use by-products of hemp that would otherwise be treated as waste. Unfortunately, laws vary by country and even major hemp producers like Canada have yet to approve the use of hemp in livestock feed – citing a lack of research on its safety.
On the other hand, hemp feed happens to be permitted in the U.S. under a DEA exemption. More research on chickens is also underway in Canada, reports Alberta Farmer Express.
copied & pasted - http://www.leafscience.com/2013/10/24/chickens-hemp-diet-lay-healthy-omega-3-eggs/
Bit more sciency
[h=1]Effect of feeding hemp seed and hemp seed oil on laying hen performance and egg yolk fatty acid content: evidence of their safety and efficacy for laying hen diets.[/h]Gakhar N1, Goldberg E, Jing M, Gibson R, House JD.
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h]Forty-eight 19-wk-old Bovan White laying hens were fed 1 of 5 diets containing either hemp seed (HS) or hemp seed oil (HO). The level of HO was 4, 8, or 12%, whereas the level was 10 or 20% for the HS. A set of 8 birds fed wheat-, barley-, and corn oil-based diets served as the control. Performance was monitored over 12 wk. Average hen-day egg production was not affected upon feeding of either HS or HO diets. Egg weight was higher than that of the controls for hens consuming the 20% HS diet (P < 0.05). Feed intake was lower than that of the controls for birds consuming the 4% HO diet but similar across other treatments. Final BW were not affected by diet, with the exception of being lower than that of the controls (P < 0.05) in hens consuming the 12% HO diet. The total egg yolk n-3 fatty acid content increased linearly (P < 0.05) with increasing dietary α-linolenic acid provision with the HS- or HO-based diets. A quadratic response (P < 0.05) was observed for docosahexaenoic acid levels in egg yolk in response to increasing dietary α-linolenic acid supply. The expression of hepatic fatty acid desaturase 1 and 2, key genes for the desaturation of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, was significantly decreased (50-60% of controls; P < 0.05) as a result of feeding HS or HO diets. Based on the results from the current study, the inclusion of the hemp products HS or HO in the diets of laying hens up to a maximum level of 20 and 12%, respectively, does not adversely effect the performance of laying hens and leads to the enrichment of the n-3 fatty acid content of eggs.
Copied and pasted - pubmed - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22334746
October 28, 2013
by TheJointBlog
A new study published in the Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safetyhas found that chickens fed primarily with hemp produce healthy, omega-3 rich eggs that may provide more nutrients than eggs laid by chickens who are fed differently.
For the study, chickens were placed on a diet of linseed cake, rapeseed cake and hemp seed cake (“cake” is the byproduct of pressing the seeds into oil). Researchers found that those fed with hemp seed cake produced healthy eggs that were higher in omega-3s. Feeding the chickens hemp seed cake also provides the “possibility of the enrichment of yolk fat with polyunsaturated fatty acids”, according to researchers.
The results of this study are similar to one published last year by the National Institute of Health, which found that placing chickens on a hemp diet leads to the “enrichment of the n-3 fatty acid content of eggs.”
– TheJointBlog - http://thejointblog.com/new-study-placing-chickens-hemp-diet-increases-health-eggs/
[h=1]Chickens On Hemp Diet Lay Healthy, Omega-3 Eggs[/h]
[h=4]Adding hemp to chicken feed may provide a way for farmers to enrich their eggs, according to a recent German study.[/h]While farmers often give flax or chia seeds – both rich in omega-3 fats – to egg-laying hens, hemp seed is rarely if ever used.
But with hemp production on a worldwide rise, scientists at the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health wanted to figure out whether by-products of hemp could be used as an alternative feed supplement.
Published in the Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, their study suggests that feed made from hemp can be safely given to hens while providing egg farmers with the “possibility of the enrichment of yolk fat.”
Hemp seed cake, the by-product of pressing hemp for oil, was compared with rapeseed cake, a popular feed supplement among German egg farmers, and the less common linseed cake. THC and CBD levels in the hemp cake were both below 0.005%.
While the study was the first to compare hemp with other omega fat sources, similar results were achieved last year with hemp seed and hemp seed oil at the University of Manitoba, Canada. Up to 20% of feed was supplemented without any negative effects on the hens, the authors wrote.
“The inclusion of the hemp products HS or HO in the diets of laying hens up to a maximum level of 20 and 12%, respectively, does not adversely effect the performance of laying hens and leads to the enrichment of the n-3 fatty acid content of eggs.”
In the latest study, hens that were fed hemp produced the largest eggs by weight. The egg yolks were also richer in omega-3 fats than the yolks from hens in the rapeseed group, but not the yolks from linseed hens.
Livestock feed could be a smart way to use by-products of hemp that would otherwise be treated as waste. Unfortunately, laws vary by country and even major hemp producers like Canada have yet to approve the use of hemp in livestock feed – citing a lack of research on its safety.
On the other hand, hemp feed happens to be permitted in the U.S. under a DEA exemption. More research on chickens is also underway in Canada, reports Alberta Farmer Express.
copied & pasted - http://www.leafscience.com/2013/10/24/chickens-hemp-diet-lay-healthy-omega-3-eggs/
Bit more sciency
[h=1]Effect of feeding hemp seed and hemp seed oil on laying hen performance and egg yolk fatty acid content: evidence of their safety and efficacy for laying hen diets.[/h]Gakhar N1, Goldberg E, Jing M, Gibson R, House JD.
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h]Forty-eight 19-wk-old Bovan White laying hens were fed 1 of 5 diets containing either hemp seed (HS) or hemp seed oil (HO). The level of HO was 4, 8, or 12%, whereas the level was 10 or 20% for the HS. A set of 8 birds fed wheat-, barley-, and corn oil-based diets served as the control. Performance was monitored over 12 wk. Average hen-day egg production was not affected upon feeding of either HS or HO diets. Egg weight was higher than that of the controls for hens consuming the 20% HS diet (P < 0.05). Feed intake was lower than that of the controls for birds consuming the 4% HO diet but similar across other treatments. Final BW were not affected by diet, with the exception of being lower than that of the controls (P < 0.05) in hens consuming the 12% HO diet. The total egg yolk n-3 fatty acid content increased linearly (P < 0.05) with increasing dietary α-linolenic acid provision with the HS- or HO-based diets. A quadratic response (P < 0.05) was observed for docosahexaenoic acid levels in egg yolk in response to increasing dietary α-linolenic acid supply. The expression of hepatic fatty acid desaturase 1 and 2, key genes for the desaturation of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, was significantly decreased (50-60% of controls; P < 0.05) as a result of feeding HS or HO diets. Based on the results from the current study, the inclusion of the hemp products HS or HO in the diets of laying hens up to a maximum level of 20 and 12%, respectively, does not adversely effect the performance of laying hens and leads to the enrichment of the n-3 fatty acid content of eggs.
Copied and pasted - pubmed - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22334746
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I don't know if it qualifies technically as nectar, but I'm still curious and we need to know more about the mystery sap blobs some people have found on their indoor cannabis plants. It's like a totally random brown sugary nectal looking blob. We need to have one of these lab tested haha, and I just have to figure out what conditions caused one to produce
Yes, you see it a lot in Sweet Seed genetics. Dark Devil is one that it shows up pretty regular with.
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