Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Red Bees of Red Hook
Truth is stranger than fiction: Bees not yellow but garish bright red, as reported in NYT. The honeycombs, too, were an alarming shade of Robitussin.An acquaintance, only joking, suggested the unthinkable: Maybe the bees were hitting the juice — maraschino cherry juice, that sweet, sticky stuff sloshing around vats at Dell’s Maraschino Cherries Company over on Dikeman Street in Red Hook.
Beekeepers were disappointed that instead of honey his bees had produced a red concoction more reminiscent of maraschino cherries, or of cough syrup.
Beekeepers were disappointed that instead of honey his bees had produced a red concoction more reminiscent of maraschino cherries, or of cough syrup.
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