Honey stories

I have developed a passion for honey over the years that I've been studying bees even though I mostly am interested in native-ish bees. On this post I am collecting a few of the more bizarre stories about honey made when honey bees collect things other than nectar. For instance, in this story, the bees were collecting maraschino cherry juice and producing bright red honey. The

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/nyregion/30bigcity.html?_r=0

And here is a story about bees collecting processed waste from M&M factory. Apparently the honey was blue and green and deemed unfit for human consumption. I agree with the author however that they are missing a bet, ha ha, we will eat anything. Not that we should.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/10/05/162351965/sacre-bleu-french-bees-taste-for-m-ms-makes-for-colored-honey

When life is pleasant, think of others. When life is a burden, think of others. If this is the only training we can ever remember, it will benefit us tremendously and everyone else as well. Pema Chodron