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"The most delightful secret of the Neath: the honey of lamplighter bees fed exclusively on the Exile's Rose."[1]
Lamplighter bees are unique insects that emit a dim glow from their bodies.[2] Like most bees, they defend their hives fiercely with venomous stings,[3] and produce honey and beeswax.[4] When fed exclusively on the nectar of the mysterious Exile's Rose, they produce the popular drug known as prisoner's honey.[5] However, when they're exposed to the crimson strain of Exile's Rose, the bees go mad and burrow into the minds of nearby victims. Using stolen memories, they produce contraband gaoler's honey.[6]
↑Ambition: Nemesis 3a, Fallen London"A low, threatening murmur rises from the sleeping hives of lamplighter bees as you approach. They fizz with sleepy phosphorescence."
↑Ambition: Nemesis 3a, Fallen London"The petals you brought him are from a rare and deadly flower: something you get when you cross-breed exile's rose with a flower they brought out of Hell. Who 'they' are isn't clear, but twenty years ago they had him raise his bees on this flower. The honey the bees produced, he says, was 'something special'."
↑Ask what red honey is, Sunless Sea"When lamplighter bees suck the nectar of the crimson strain of exile's rose, they are driven to madness. They enter the brains of humans and harvest their memories. [...] Those memories are instilled in red honey. Each sip is a burst of memory on the tongue."
