Blue Honey, How Candy‑Fed Bees Turned Apiaries Technicolor
In 2012, keepers near Ribeauvillé, France discovered honey shimmering blue and green—more sci‑fi than breakfast fare. A biogas plant was drying sugary waste from an M&M’s factory, and bees, lured by the syrup, ferried dyed sugars home, turning the combs neon and the crop unsellable. Lab tests confirmed Blue No. 1 and Yellow No. 5; honey enzymes can’t break…