Show alpine roses blamed for poisonous honey tile the secret of the poisonous wild honey of asia minor and tile the sout southern Lern balkans is out the bees are not to lo blame for the peculiar product of their industry in certain districts mentioned mend t by ancient greek all and d roman koman writers including xenophon aristotle pliny and strabo who averred thai that tills houey honey was used by some of 0 the cathes of the old province of tu to stupefy enemy troops the looney honey does not kill but bill it lias has disagreeable effects and makes its consumers unconscious the alie turks call lt it doll bal mad honey last summer a german naturalist K kruuse krause spent many weeks in asia minor investigating the mystery of the source ot or the hie mad honey according to his report printed in die the bees are entirely in innocent of evil intent while storing up their dangerous dainge rous sweets the poisonous qualities of which are duo due to two perfectly harmless too looking lag fope pe cles of alpine loses the yellow rho alio doden dion glarum don anki and the violet colored rhododendron pont icum these lowers flowers ire are found in great profusion in certain regions of asia mauor and as far north as tile the bulgarian frontier and flourish at elevations ot of as much as feet above sea lovelin the past nearly every kind bind of plant including tobacco oleander and clie chesstnutt Anut Mos homs has been accused and after exhaustive research exonerated one cone rated it looks as if the tit e alpine roses viii haie to bear ill alie e full responsibility new york times |