Purple honey really does taste purpley. Last month, I saw a viral Reddit post claiming bees in the Sandhills of North Carolina — and nowhere else on earth — produce purple or blue honey.

As a Reddit post makes its internet rounds, teaching thousands about a purple-blue kind of honey that bees in North Carolina make, people are asking the same question: The answer is both ...

One more cool and often unknown trivia about wildlife in North Carolina is that it's the only place in the world where bees ...

A screenshot of a viral Reddit post, published Sept. 10. It says, “In the sandhills of North Carolina, bees produce purple honey. It is the only place on Earth where it is found.” Screenshot ...

However, Barnes insists that she is not an expert about purple honey. Aberdeen-based Dees Bees Apiary owner Donald Dees explained what it’s like to find the sweet stuff in his beehives.

Getty Images Even local beekeepers can't predict when they will find purple honey (Credit: Getty Images) Don Dees, who owns and operates Dees Bees Apiary in nearby Aberdeen, North Carolina ...