It appears that bees in North-eastern France share the same love for the chocolate M&M’s as we do. Beekeepers found themselves in a sticky situation when the bees started to produce honey in shades of blue and green.
The mystery of the coloured honey was soon resolved as it was revealed the bees were feeding on remnants of coloured M&M candy shells, which were being processed by a biogas plant roughly 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) away from their hive.
Photograph by Vincent Kessler, Reuters
The unusual and baffling discovery will come as unwelcome news to the beekeepers as it will be unable to be sold. Beekeepers have already been faced with high bee death rates and shortages of honey due to bad weather.
The waste-processing plant has confirmed they will now store the candy remains in a covered hall, leaving these pesky bees to return to collecting nectar from flowers to make the honey we all know and love.
Source: [National Geographic]