French Bees Produce Blue and Green Honey 64
jones_supa writes "Since August, beekeepers around the town of Ribeauville in the region of Alsace, France have seen their bees starting to produce honey in an odd blue or green color. Mystified, the beekeepers embarked on an investigation and discovered that a biogas plant 4 km away has been processing waste from a plant producing colorful M&M candies. Subsequently the bees had been carrying the waste to their nests. Agrivalor, the company operating the biogas plant, said it had tried to address the problem after being notified of it by the beekeepers. 'We discovered the problem at the same time they did. We quickly put in place a procedure to stop it,' told Philippe Meinrad, co-manager of Agrivalor."
why no pics? (Score:2, Insightful)
This story is worthless without pictures. I mean, it's about colors, goddamn it! I wanna see this so-called blue and green honey, and judge for myself whether it is actually blue or green.
Re:I'd buy it! (Score:4, Insightful)
Agreed. Sound like what they need is a marketing person. If it does taste the same, don't look at it as waste, look at it as a limited time premium product !
And what about other chemicals? (Score:5, Insightful)
Note how it made the news only because there is a visible effect. Let's just think how many other honey plantations and other crops were contaminated in ways that don't colour the produce.