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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: fshrgy99 on April 21, 2013, 03:42:59 pm
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Too much!
(http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee23/fshrgy99/bluepollen042113.jpg) (http://s229.photobucket.com/user/fshrgy99/media/bluepollen042113.jpg.html)
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Cool!!
David
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Neat!
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well packed too... must be good stuff
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My bees have been bringing it in, too - I understand that it's red maple pollen.
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Nice. We have lots of red male but I have never seen blue pollen down here.
Jim
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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)
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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
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Photoshop :evil:
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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
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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)
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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)
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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.
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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 :)
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Thats a giant tick on each side of your bee ...lol :evil: Just joking... That is a beautiful pic and really cool....