The Blue Bell, Nature's Litmus Paper
David Pilling via pbs (Tue, 08 Dec 2020 17:39:07 PST)

Hi,

On TV tonight someone worried an ants nest and showed that the resulting
formic acid would turn a blue bell flower pink.

This was going on in the Lake District, UK, so Hyacinthoides non-scripta.

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David Pilling
http://www.davidpilling.com/
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