...is Goldeny, for bees sup at goldeny flowers like pansies and buttercups. And Yet, just Look at all the other-coloured flowers they take their nectar from to produce more GOLDENY honey...
Well, look at two of them anyway...
And then, read this extract:
"Beekeepers in northeastern France have been alarmed to find their bees producing honey in unnatural shades of green and blue...
It is thought the bees have been eating the sugary waste from M&Ms, small chocolates in brightly-coloured shells."
(BBC News 4 Oct 2012)
It's puzzling (isn't it?), why the colour of M&Ms should affect the colour of honey when the colour of petal doesn't.
The unfortunate thing is that they can't sell the blue/green honey and must throw it away. For the colour of our food does hugely affect our appetite...
In 1981, George made a celebratory dollop of red, white & blue mashed potato for Diana & Charles' wedding. It took enormous skill and dexterity to produce, and he was justifiably proud of the result.
But no-one could eat it except with eyes shut, and it went the way of the blue/green honey. (In spite of its potently enticing aroma).
A sad tale altogether, but luckily the colour of honey can but lead us to The Colour of Money and Paul Newman...
...and the twinkling Colour of those eyes
And here's another twinkling specimen we saw in concert last night:
