In the Sandhills of NC, bees produce PURPLE honey. It’s the only place in the entire world where this happens and nobody is certain why.

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[–]NastyWetSmear 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Hmm... Even Mono-floral honey normally keeps most of its colour. Strange. There's really only two things involved in the process of making honey: Bee spit and pollen. Seems like it narrows your field of investigation.

[–]Musky[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Some people think it's purple because of an unusually high aluminum content, some think it's because the bees feed on kuzu, but nobody is sure. Some think it's berries but if that was it we'd see more purple honey than we do.

[–]NastyWetSmear 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

Why don't they just ask the bees??

[–]Musky[S] 6 insightful - 7 fun6 insightful - 6 fun7 insightful - 7 fun -  (3 children)

We tried but they said it was none of our beeswax.

[–]passionflounder 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

... and to buzz off?

[–]Musky[S] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

That's so good it stings I didn't think of it.

[–]passionflounder 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hive done better.