Comment by brahmwg
10 years ago
In nature, the male cannabis flower's pollen is carried by wind and gets stuck on the female's sticky resin. Cannabis is wind pollinated, so the beekeeper had to have trained these bees to ingest cannabis pollen (couldn't have been too hard, i'm sure most enjoy a good 'buzz').
I'd be very curious about the luxury cannabis honey industry. You can already buy honey made from wild flower or specific flowers like blueberry or other exotic flowers. I wonder if in a few years we will be able to buy honey made from specific cannabis strains. Given that honey is absorbed very readily into the body, using specific strains of cannabis honey may have real medicinal value, for fast action pain relief for instance.
Disclaimer: Not a medical professional, or a bee professional, nor a cannabis professional.
I don't see the added medicinal value of cannabis honey, relative to existing forms of cannabis.
My thought was since honey is absorbed quickly perhaps the medicinal effects could be fast acting. As opposed to with edibles which would take longer to produce an effect. Of course, inhaling it via smoke or vaporizer would be instant action, but many medicinal users would prefer to avoid inhalants like smoking. The benefit of instant action would be for people that have seizures or spasms, or need quick pain relief. Again, not a medical professional, just thinking out loud.
You're comparing types of cannabis, but you should be comparing types of honey.
Some honey has already been medicalised - Manuka honey is used in burns dressings for example.
There's a bunch of adulteration and poor quality product in honey, so these niches are useful for people creating a higher quality product.
Please see my comment - I'm sure there is some way to infuse honey with THC or CBD, but I haven't heard of anything. And the cannabis related market hardly needs any more overhyped overpriced products... CBD is useful, but a lot of products are garbage. This article is all blather and little actual facts.
> “The bees that produce the cannahoney are not affected by cannabinoids because they do not have an endocannabinoid system”, he explains.
just an fyi, because apparently I'm that one guy who screws up everyone's puns