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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => REPRINT ARTICLE ARCHIVES => Topic started by: nella on November 30, 2010, 10:21:37 PM

Title: Red Honey
Post by: nella on November 30, 2010, 10:21:37 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101130/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_red_bees_mystery (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101130/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_red_bees_mystery)
Title: Re: Red Honey
Post by: AllenF on November 30, 2010, 10:24:14 PM
Either it is from the cherry juice, or someone has humming bird feeders close by.
Title: Re: Red Honey
Post by: annette on December 02, 2010, 09:50:02 PM
That's pretty interesting that the bees themselves would turn red.
Title: Re: Red Honey
Post by: gardeningfireman on January 12, 2011, 10:24:28 AM
I did a cutout last summer. The hive was loaded with red nectar/honey. It was the color of automobile transmission fluid. Very weird!
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