16 Jan 2020
Creating a buzz: Turkish beekeepers risk life and limb to make mad honey
"History is littered with stories of the psychoactive properties of deli bal, still produced today in the KaƧkar mountains"
Source: Creating a buzz: Turkish beekeepers risk life and limb to make mad honey | World news
The Guardian |
Of course, the Sanskrit word for honey, madhu, like mead (the ancient drink made with honey) and mad (which is Sanskrit for hilarity, rapture) all come from the same Indo-European root.