Re: Honeybees and Tansy Ragwort...

> I dare to contradict
> pharmacy is that rabbits like to consume senecio's herb without damage

Rabbit digestion should be studied. I know they can eat poison ivy and
Rats
make nest from it, a plant some would fear more than Tansy Ragwort.

Senecio from what I read, is a 'genus' of the daisy family that includes
ragworts and groundsels. This genus contains a 'vast' number of species.
Some species produce a natural pesticide which is the alkaloid that is
damaging to the livers of livestock when they eat the species: Tansy
Ragwort.  I found this interesting site about 'tansy.' People have been
using it since Athens was a city state:

http://botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/t/tansy-05.html

> brings me to the conclusion that the toxic is to be found in the
> phloem / plant sap ascending the main stem up to the flower and ending
> in nectaries

That would seem most likely.

> cheers kauhl

guten Tag kauhl

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CK

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