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In 2012, French beekeepers encountered an unusual phenomenon when they discovered blue and green #honey in their hives. This strange coloration immediately aroused the interest and curiosity of beekeepers, and they went in search of the cause. In their investigations, they found that the bees were collecting colored sugar from a nearby M&M factory.

The factory had left remnants of colored sugar in the candy manufacturing process, and the bees had used this sugar as a food source.

In 2012, French beekeepers encountered an unusual phenomenon when they discovered blue and green honey in their hives.
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isol

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Waiting for the update, where the M&M factory sues the beekeepers for theft of trade secrets, or trademark colours …

Anton Piatek

@isol @globalmuseum countersuit: beekeepers sue for ruining their product with improper disposal of industrial waste and environmental contamination

Jen

@globalmuseum Alt text that provides a description of the image is much more helpful than repeating the first line of the toot.

Here's some #alt4u

Three images in a grid layout.

1. Two jars of honey. One is the usual pale golden colour, the other is dark blue-grey.

2. A close-up of honeycomb. Some of the cells are golden, but others are various shades of green, blue and grey.

3. A man holds up a wooden honeycomb frame. The lower half is golden yellow. The upper half is dark grey-blue.

Twobiscuits🚴‍♂️ :graz:

@globalmuseum so the bees haven't learned how to make an m&m's rainbow yet 😉

Jörg Knappen

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Ähnliches war nach einem Feuer bei HARIBO in Bonn passiert: Die Bienen haben an der Gummibärchenmasse genascht und bunten Honig produziert. Bemerkenswert waren die dadurch gemessenen Distanzen, die die Bienen zurückgelegt haben: Bis zu 10 km.

bytebro

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I learned a thing, which makes it a good day 🙂 Thanks!

find you on :butterfedy1: fediverse

@globalmuseum eww, #marsCorporation are disgusting generally, they are involved in the general #poisoning of populations with #sugar and #herbicides/agrocheicals etc for decades now, we ought boot them out of our countries.

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