A few theories from back in 1969 on the cause of blue honey.

The Daily Times-News
Tuesday, May 13, 1969 Burlington, North Carolina

<snip>...
"what makes blue honey blue?" He couldn't
answer. Neither could his Department
of Agriculture experts.

But here are some guesses:

The color results from bees collecting
pollen from blueberry blossoms. This
is disputed because blue honey is always
found late in the honey season
when blueberry bushes aren't in
bloom—besides which blue-berry blossoms
are white or sometimes pink.

Some sort of chemical reaction which
takes place only in eastern North Carolina
turns the honey from sourwood-tree
blossoms blue.

Or, since blue honey comes only from
marshy areas along the coast, could
it be that, buzzing about all day in
depressed areas, bees sometimes just
get to feeling a bit blue.

Joe Waggle
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HistoricalHoneybeeArticles/



 
 






      

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