[Countryboy]

Peaches and almonds are almost identical varieties (we eat the pit of one, and the pulp of the other) and I know peach pits have cyanide in them. It makes me wonder if peach trees also produce this same amygdalin chemical.

 

[BEES4U]

One thought behind the foraging behavior of the bee and the almond is that it's the almonds design to make the bees work the newer blooms.
Ernie

 

[Claressa]

I think these results may have been taken out of context by some journalist who got a C- in non-major biology. The two peer-reviewed journal abstracts with this author and bees suggested only caffeine and nicotine (quelle surprise!!!) had an impact on honeybee feeding behavior.

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