Colored Honey Made by Candy-eating French Bees

Beekeepers in northeastern France found themselves in a sticky situation after bees from their hives began producing honey in shades of blue and green, The colored honey cound not be sold because it did not meet France's standards of honey production. It was not obtained from the nectar of plants and it deviates from the standard coloring of honey. That's bad news for a region that produces a thousand tons of honey a year and has already had to cope with a high bee mortality rate and low honey production after a harsh winter. An investigation by beekeepers in the town of Ribeauville uncovered the cause of the problem. Instead of collecting nectar from flowers, local bees were feeding on remnants of colored M&M candy shells, which were being processed by a biogas plant roughly 2.5 miles away. The candy remains will now be stored in a covered hall.