[Two4]

any soft drink plants in the area? A bottler near where I used to stay got caught dumping out expired flavourant packs when honey in the area started turning red.

[Two4]

A bit of digging, and it turns out there's a Coca-cola bottler in Aberdeen, the same area as Dees Bees Apiary. I'm willing to bet that purple honey coincides with grape Fanta spills or dumps

[lostlogin]

This famously happened with M&Ms

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/121011-bl...

During the peak of the Manuka honey bubble, people were supposedly spiking competitors honey by putting out coloured sugar water here in New Zealand.

Unsure if that’s true or just a rumour.

[miladyincontrol]

Yep, same happened near me before. Local beekeepers got some real dark colored rootbeer honey.

[senectus1]

oh great... grape flavored honey...

[RobotToaster]

From the article

>Flavour-wise, she says, "to my untrained palate, the honey really does taste purple, in a grape-y sort of way".

Oh no

[HarHarVeryFunny]

I seem to recall another story about colored honey (blue?) where the bees had been feeding on antifreeze - not recommended for eating.