{"id":1206,"date":"2012-10-07T03:21:52","date_gmt":"2012-10-07T07:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sobac.com\/~stopthestink\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2012-10-07T03:21:52","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T07:21:52","slug":"biogas-waste-contaminates-honey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobac.com\/~stopthestink\/2012\/10\/biogas-waste-contaminates-honey\/","title":{"rendered":"Biogas Waste Contaminates Honey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blue Carpenter Bee<\/p><\/div>Here’s something I’ll bet nobody has considered: The BBC reports<\/a> that bees feeding on biowaste from a biogas plant in France have turned the honey blue, making it unsellable.<\/p>\n

\nBeekeepers in northeastern France have been alarmed to find their bees producing honey in unnatural shades of green and blue.<\/p>\n

The beekeepers believe the source of the problem is a biogas plant close to Ribeauville in Alsace.<\/p>\n

It is thought the bees have been eating the sugary waste from M&Ms, small chocolates in brightly-coloured shells. <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

As for the blue honey, the beekeepers say it is unsellable.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Are there any beekeepers around Elmira producing honey? How will the biowaste plant affect your production?<\/p>\n

(Thanx to BoingBoing<\/a> for the news alert)<\/p>\n

Blue Carpenter Bee<\/a> by Roger Sanderson<\/a> is used under a CC BY-NC 2.0<\/a> license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beekeepers in northeastern France have been alarmed to find their bees producing honey in unnatural shades of green and blue
\nbecause of a biogas plant close by.
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