httBEEKEEPERS in France are seeing red after their colonies began producing unsellable blue and green honey.

The mystified apiculturists did some detective work and found the bees were returning to their hives smeared in unidentified coloured substances, which turned out to be the coating from chocolate M&Ms.

They then realised that the brightly coloured sweets were being processed at a factory a few miles away. The bees were gorging on the plant’s waste products and it was this that was turning their honey funny.

But this story does have a serious side. Blue honey is a bitter blow for the beekeepers around Ribeauville, in Alsace, who have already been dealing with high bee mortality rates and dwindling honey supplies after last year’s harsh winter.

The company operating the factory has now taken steps to stop the bees gaining access to the site and beekeepers are once more hoping to taste sweet success.

..see site for colour pic.

http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/10/19/364172_todays-news.html

wow.. there could be a market for some (more palatable) coloured honey…

The green one doesn’t look too bad.

i saw a range of honeys today @ around $50 for 375ml. so i suppose someone could afford to feed them M & Ms.

It would want to be pretty bloody good honey for that price.

I probably buy on average 2 jars of honey a year. I like it, but it can take a while to get through a jar.

httBEEKEEPERS in France are seeing red after their colonies began producing unsellable blue and green honey
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It is only unsellable if it will kill people. If it can be consumed safely then all they need is a new marketing department that sees the oportunity rather than the problem.

Stealth said:

httBEEKEEPERS in France are seeing red after their colonies began producing unsellable blue and green honey
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It is only unsellable if it will kill people. If it can be consumed safely then all they need is a new marketing department that sees the oportunity rather than the problem.

hmm so blue honey.. put a free smurf with it?

Oh and a packet of M&M’s