Rainbow Colored Honey Anyone?
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The small town of Ribeauville that lies on a scenic wine route southwest of Strasbourg, France is known for two things - Its vineyards and 35,000 bee colonies that produce more than 1,000 metric tons of delicious amber honey each year. However, since August, while the honey has been as delicious as ever, it has lost its amber hue and instead taken on strange shades of blue, green and even red!
Mystified, the beekeepers embarked on an investigation to see what was causing the sudden change in color. While it took a few months, they believe the mystery has finally been solved. Turns out that just about 2.5 miles away from the hives lies a biogas station which processes waste from a Mars confectionery plant that manufactures - You guessed it - brightly colored M&M's!
The British Beekeepers Association believes that due to a harsh 2011-2012 winter, the bees had a hard time foraging for honey, leading them to look for alternate sources of sugar. That's probably when they discovered the colorful sweet liquid waste that the company stored in large bins outside the plant.
The biogas company has now changed their procedures so that any incoming waste is stored in covered rooms to which the bees have no access to. While that will definitely help going forward, the poor beekeepers are scratching their heads about what to do with all the colored M&M honey that nobody wants to purchase.
The news is not particularly good for the rest of us as well. With bee colonies disappearing all around the world, the golden liquid is quite precious to begin with - Losing more, just adds to the dire situation.
Resources: news.yahoo.com,dailymail.co.uk
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leap411almost 10 yearsWill the residue make the bees sick?- leap411almost 10 yearsWill it make the bees sick? 😟
swimmer_girl02almost 10 yearsYes it will trust me I'm 4 grades ahead in this field
animegirlyalmost 10 yearsI know leap411 will it make the bee sick i don't want them sick☹
analisealmost 10 yearsew this is disgusting! Please trust me when I say Genetic engineering is our cursed future!- leap411almost 10 yearsYeah,genetic engineering can be our sweetest dream or our darkest nightmare.
- leap411almost 10 yearsYeah, genetic engineering can be sweetest dream or our darkest nightmare.
happypug12almost 10 yearsWhat is Genetic Engineering?
cheetahluveralmost 10 yearsI think its something about creating stuff from genes? Like, they're trying to do something about making humans with changed genes, which is really creepy.
- happypug12almost 10 yearsEating an excessive amount of blue M&Ms can turn your skin bright blue temporarily.
- animegirlyalmost 10 yearsReally happypug12 and thank for warning us
- leap411almost 10 yearsThanks for informing me. 😅
nikukyualmost 10 yearsEwww I hate M&Ms cuz they're too sweet and the charcters are creepy too:(.- happypug12almost 10 yearsYeah, you get sick of M&Ms if you eat too many of them.
- leap411almost 10 yearsGood thing I don't like m&ms that much.
peacheslaruealmost 10 yearsi luv M&Ms! :(! LOL *Indignant Face*! ;)- nikukyualmost 10 yearsOhhhhhh then you might have to start thinking about ther sweets that you like!
- peacheslaruealmost 10 yearsHey i always hav Rolo's, Reeses, Gobstoppers, Skittles,Starbursts,Chewy Lifesavers,Frangos,Tootsie Roll Pops,Exit Gum,Hershey Kisses,Fruity Candy Canes,Gummi Bears,Gummi Worms,Cola Gummies,Crabby Patties (their actually really candy!),Hundred Grand,Mr. Goldbar,Airheads,Smarties, Sweet Tarts,and M&Ms(hehehheheh).......The list goes on and on and on forever! If you like at least one of these candies....Like or Comment!
- happypug12almost 10 yearsMmm, peacheslarue, you have so much delicious candy! Is it leftover candy from Halloween?
- peacheslaruealmost 10 yearsmmmmmm....I WISH happypug! Some of them i had from Halloween but a bunch are from a recent science project-a model of the plant cell out of candy! ikr so AWESOME!! I have the best science teacher ever except Mr. Arthur kept on eating the candy lol! Whats ur favorite candy happypug??!
- happypug12almost 10 yearsMy favorite candy is called Trolli Sour Brite eggs. They r so yummy! They are shaped like jellybeans, but on the inside, it's like eating a gummy bear! : D
- peacheslaruealmost 10 yearsOMG! They sound AMAZING I HAVE to TRY them!!! Im looking them up as we speak! Or as we type?
- happypug12almost 10 yearsIf you do try them, peacheslarue, can you tell me if u like them? Thx.
- peacheslaruealmost 10 yearsI definetly will!
- happypug12almost 10 yearsOk, thanks, peaches!
rainbow_dash13almost 10 yearsthat looks like zap-apple jam- happypug12about 10 yearsHoney isn't my favorite food.
- kakyabout 10 yearsThat is cool
- leap411almost 10 yearsI agree
- Hgzfjudgjufgeusabout 10 yearsThat's cool
- Hath truthsabout 10 yearsCool
- Abbyover 10 yearsThat is cool yet very strange