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Title: blue pollen pic
Post by: fshrgy99 on April 21, 2013, 03:42:59 PM
Too much!
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee23/fshrgy99/bluepollen042113.jpg) (http://s229.photobucket.com/user/fshrgy99/media/bluepollen042113.jpg.html)
Title: Re: blue pollen pic
Post by: Georgia Boy on April 21, 2013, 05:07:06 PM
Cool!!

David
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Post by: ralittlefield on April 21, 2013, 05:43:54 PM
Neat!
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Post by: Steel Tiger on April 21, 2013, 09:25:20 PM
well packed too... must be good stuff
Title: Re: blue pollen pic
Post by: tjc1 on April 21, 2013, 10:45:56 PM
My bees have been bringing it in, too - I understand that it's red maple pollen.
Title: Re: blue pollen pic
Post by: BeeMaster2 on April 21, 2013, 10:53:38 PM
Nice. We have lots of red male but I have never seen blue pollen down here.
Jim
Title: Re: blue pollen pic
Post by: Hemlock on April 21, 2013, 11:01:07 PM
Maple pollen is light yellow/green.  here is a pollen color link to help

Pollen color chart 1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_source)

Title: Re: blue pollen pic
Post by: dfizer on April 21, 2013, 11:28:23 PM
Quote from: Hemlock on April 21, 2013, 11:01:07 PM
Maple pollen is light yellow/green.  here is a pollen color link to help
Pollen color chart 1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_source)

Although that's very nice and somewhat helpful it doesn't have any blue pollen listed.  It must be a brilliant blue flower.  It's beautiful for sure.

David
Title: Re: blue pollen pic
Post by: BlueBee on April 22, 2013, 12:47:41 AM
Photoshop   :evil:
Title: Re: blue pollen pic
Post by: Simon on April 22, 2013, 01:13:00 AM
From the pollen chart (David, it's listed about half way down the page, on the flowers and annuals list), it looks like the blue pollen might be from a Siberian Squill ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_squill (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_squill) ).  I never knew that any flowers had blue pollen.  That's really amazing!

Simon
Title: Re: blue pollen pic
Post by: BlueBee on April 22, 2013, 01:31:38 AM
Cool Simon.  You're probably right.  Check out the pollen in this photo from Wikipedia

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Siberian_squill.jpg/600px-Siberian_squill.jpg)
Title: Re: blue pollen pic
Post by: nietssemaj on April 22, 2013, 06:31:58 AM
Never seen any blue pollen but my girls are bringing in green.

(http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg634/nietssemaj/Bees/Wolf%20Creek%20Bees/Unpainted%20TBH/greenpollen.jpg) (http://s1247.photobucket.com/user/nietssemaj/media/Bees/Wolf%20Creek%20Bees/Unpainted%20TBH/greenpollen.jpg.html)
Title: Re: blue pollen pic
Post by: fshrgy99 on April 22, 2013, 07:46:28 AM
Very exciting to see (especially since there was snow on the ground overnight). The whole family was out crouched around the hive! Reminds me of some kind of bubble gum.

Title: Re: blue pollen pic
Post by: Jim134 on April 22, 2013, 08:50:36 AM
Quote from: fshrgy99 on April 21, 2013, 03:42:59 PM
Too much!
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee23/fshrgy99/bluepollen042113.jpg) (http://s229.photobucket.com/user/fshrgy99/media/bluepollen042113.jpg.html)

The blue pollen comes from an early spring flower called Siberian Squill aka Scilla Siberica or Wood Squill.

http://www.beverlybees.com/blue-pollen-honeybees-siberian-squill/ (http://www.beverlybees.com/blue-pollen-honeybees-siberian-squill/)



   

                        BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)
Title: Re: blue pollen pic
Post by: PLAN-B on April 22, 2013, 01:38:30 PM
Thats a giant tick on each side of your bee ...lol  :evil:  Just joking... That is a beautiful pic and really cool....
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