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Red nectar

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#1 ·
My daughter and I went through a TBH with a swarm from last month. The last bar was full of nectar. My god it was red!

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It is hard to see in the attached photo, but we both said blood red at the same time! And I don't live near an M&M factory.
 
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#7 ·
Not actually nectar, just colored sugar syrup.

Also, in my neighborhood, they do go after the hummingbird feed, but also can collect fruit juice from cactus fruits, usually from several different species of Opuntia (prickly pear). Though I've noticed deleterious effects when nurse bees use it to feed larvae, especially queen larvae.
 
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