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Michael Bush:
I hear that kudzu makes purple honey. Back when we had a bee inspector, he said he once saw blue pollen in a hive and asked the beekeeper where he thought it was coming from. The farmer said, you won't believe it unless you see it and took him to a barn nearby where the bees were collecting the paint off of an old tractor...
beelife:
--- Quote from: Michael Bush on March 13, 2024, 01:51:37 pm ---I hear that kudzu makes purple honey. Back when we had a bee inspector, he said he once saw blue pollen in a hive and asked the beekeeper where he thought it was coming from. The farmer said, you won't believe it unless you see it and took him to a barn nearby where the bees were collecting the paint off of an old tractor...
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Blue pollen is not something unussual. If you zoom my first picture you can see the blue pollen on the bee foot. Also, the pollen of this flower is blue.
About blue honey, I think is from grapes or berries.
In my area, when we have drought in the fall is very common to see bees on grapes, but only after a hornet cut it first.
Also, on drought, the concetration of sugar in grapes is very big and very appealing for bees.
All the best. :smile:
Michael Bush:
In the South of North America we have a plant called Kudzu. It grows so fast you can watch it grow. It produces purple honey.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-purple-honey
Terri Yaki:
Kudzo, another gift from Asia. It came with good intentions but now it's out of hand.
Michael Bush:
We brought it over during the depression. We were told that it was a good forage crop. The story about how to plant it from that era was this: Empty the shot out of a shotgun shell. Fill it full of Kudzu seeds. Go out at midnight so your neighbors don't see you. Aim the shotgun at about a 45 degree angle and shoot. Run as fast as you can back to the house so the Kudzu doesn't overtake you.
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