Saturday, 20 October 2012

Sea-coloured honey

I was fascinated to read today about honey bees in Ribeauville, Alsace, producing blue, green and red honey. Celebrated for their delicious wines, this was surely a coup!

 
The idea of sea, moss and poppy coloured honey on toast was surely a step into designer territory.   A little detective work has revealed the source of the inky nectar filling the frames - the industrious little honey bees had discovered the residue of M&M syrup at the nearby Mars factory.  For a moment I thought that we had the honey-producers at Fortnums on the run!