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Title: The color of polen
Post by: LindaL on August 09, 2013, 03:55:05 AM
Still new at bee watching .. i mean bee keeping.   But yesterday while out spying on the hives i noticed some come back with white colored pollen others come back with yellow and what was even stranger i found a lot coming back with BLUE pollen.   I thought pollen was yellow.

(http://blog.lib.umn.edu/efans/ygnews/Pollen%20Colors.jpg) 

I found that after a bit of google'ing this morning.   Anyone have a better picture of whats what i would love to be able to look at the girls and know what flowers they have been out visiting.   

Linda
Title: Re: The color of polen
Post by: Jackam on August 09, 2013, 09:32:38 AM
Your chart may be a start but I do not have raspberry blooms right now but the bees are full of white pollen.
Title: Re: The color of polen
Post by: GSF on August 09, 2013, 09:51:46 AM
Same here Jackam. I don't "think" rasberries are around here and if they were they wouldn't be in bloom would they?
Title: Re: The color of polen
Post by: millipede on August 09, 2013, 11:10:41 AM
Mine are bringing in yellow, white and orange these days.
Title: Re: The color of polen
Post by: Jipow on August 09, 2013, 11:24:50 AM
Wikipedia pollen source I'd one I use, but due to being new I can't post any links.

Title: Re: The color of polen
Post by: 10framer on August 09, 2013, 11:49:50 AM
yeah, that's a kind of limited chart.  mine are bringing in the brightest orange pollen i've ever seen right now along with a little white pollen. 
Title: Re: The color of polen
Post by: Jackam on August 09, 2013, 01:22:16 PM
I watched the yellow and white come in today. A lot of it is darker yellow, almost orange.
Every once in a while I get an inbound light with VERY dark orange pollen.
Sure makes me wonder where that bee came from!
Title: Re: The color of polen
Post by: sc-bee on August 09, 2013, 01:52:42 PM
Here is the wiki link posted for----- jipow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_source)

Title: Re: The color of polen
Post by: Jipow on August 09, 2013, 03:02:56 PM
That's it!
Thanks, just joined today so hopefully soon I can post links also.
Title: Re: The color of polen
Post by: GSF on August 09, 2013, 03:16:35 PM
Jipow - welcome!

You'll probably need to edit your profile and put your location in. By doing that you can get better answers to any questions you may pose. again - welcome.
Title: Re: The color of polen
Post by: Palouse on August 09, 2013, 05:46:57 PM
It was gray poppy pollen that threw me. I thought it was mold when I first noticed it.