Still Waters Posted November 9, 2012 #1 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Apiarist Paul Snowden was amazed when his bees started to make mint-flavoured honey. It emerged the bees - starved of their usual supply of nectar because of the poor British summer - had sought alternative sustenance and had flown half-a-mile to a plant which recycles confectionary waste into animal feed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/9666608/Bees-make-After-Eight-honey-after-eating-mint-fondant.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted November 9, 2012 #2 Share Posted November 9, 2012 Gourmet honey. Wonder if it will bring a higher price. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s33ker Posted November 10, 2012 #3 Share Posted November 10, 2012 yuck, yucky, yuck and yucky ,yuck, yucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted November 10, 2012 #4 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Hehe...that is kind of cool! Maybe he should leave out some sugar for them when its a naft summer (which I am assuming means dry or at least flowerless) . He could even flavor it in cool ways and make some really interesting honey. Licorice honey, marshmallow honey, cherry honey, ooh - peach flavored! I'd totally try that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majikwayz Posted November 10, 2012 #5 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Honey is good on toast!! i want to try new flavors 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nohands Posted November 10, 2012 #6 Share Posted November 10, 2012 hahahahaha nice story... i wonder when will the bees transform the mud to honey.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Waffles Posted November 10, 2012 #7 Share Posted November 10, 2012 mmmm yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted November 10, 2012 #8 Share Posted November 10, 2012 A metallic aftertaste. Makes ya wonder what else is in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Fluffs Posted November 10, 2012 #9 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Unicorn Posted November 10, 2012 #10 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Interesting story since I like honey and its a great nutrient. I don't know why but when I read the comment yuck yucky it just crossed my mind, isn't honey from a worker bee a form of glorious bee poop? Kind of like an egg is a hen's way of menustration? Yucky Yuck made a lot of weird things cross my thoughts about what we eat! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted November 10, 2012 Author #11 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I like honey but I'm not sure about mint flavoured. It doesn't sound too appetising somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy13 Posted November 11, 2012 #12 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Can anyone say mojito? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted November 12, 2012 #13 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Interesting story since I like honey and its a great nutrient. I don't know why but when I read the comment yuck yucky it just crossed my mind, isn't honey from a worker bee a form of glorious bee poop? Kind of like an egg is a hen's way of menustration? Yucky Yuck made a lot of weird things cross my thoughts about what we eat! LOL Yeah, probably best to not think about it too much... Lol But it also makes one wonder who was the very first person to try whatever gross thing and how did that person convince the second person to try it? Second person - ... You say you saw it drop out of where??? First person - I know, I know..... But crack a couple of those and scramble the slimy stuff over some heat and wow! And its even better with that spoiled, solidified milk melted into it!! Yum! Now I'm hungry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewild Posted November 12, 2012 #14 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Bees are fascinating creatures. They are just doing their job, gathering sugar sweet stuff for making honey. Perhaps we should plant extra flowers for them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted November 12, 2012 #15 Share Posted November 12, 2012 Interesting story since I like honey and its a great nutrient. I don't know why but when I read the comment yuck yucky it just crossed my mind, isn't honey from a worker bee a form of glorious bee poop? Kind of like an egg is a hen's way of menustration? Yucky Yuck made a lot of weird things cross my thoughts about what we eat! LOL Lol, honey is not bee poop or other, um, nether regions discharge... It's dried vomit. Bees have a special stomach they collect nectar into. These field bees are then greeted by hive bees and the field bees vomit up the nectar to the hive bees. The hive bees start digesting and adding enzymes before vomiting it up into the hives cell walls. The vomit is then fanned by bees to dry out, resulting in honey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Unicorn Posted November 12, 2012 #16 Share Posted November 12, 2012 (edited) Lol, honey is not bee poop or other, um, nether regions discharge... It's dried vomit. Bees have a special stomach they collect nectar into. These field bees are then greeted by hive bees and the field bees vomit up the nectar to the hive bees. The hive bees start digesting and adding enzymes before vomiting it up into the hives cell walls. The vomit is then fanned by bees to dry out, resulting in honey. Thanks for the reply I'm not too much into bees biology and was hoping someone would comment with more info I knew it was a form of glorified bee excrement of somekind...vomit still makes me think yucky when you think of what you like to eat LOL But mother parrots do the same kind of thing to feed their chicks but at least it comes out of the mouth instead of the nether regions! Edited November 12, 2012 by White Unicorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Unseen Posted November 17, 2012 #17 Share Posted November 17, 2012 doesn't surprise me at all.It's true,Mother nature will find a way and adapt to whatever works.Here in the U,S, I have taken to leaving Dr Peper in cans around the ranch to attract bees to my plants and flowers,I grw very nice tomatos and hot pepers this yearmand the bees were quite thankfull and I will place even more next year for the little guys,without them we as humans will starve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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