Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Maraschino Bees

The New York Times has an awesome story about bees in Brooklyn, NY that have been puzzling beekeepers by storing a bright red liquid, which is reported to taste like cough syrup, instead of honey. It turns out that the bees have been foraging at the local maraschino cherry factory, and the nectar they were storing was full of Red Dye #40.

You can read the story here.

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