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Title: Bee with blue pollen
Post by: Rurification on March 13, 2013, 08:35:50 am

I got a couple of pics of a bee on our scilla.   Blue pollen. 

Here's the full post:  http://rurification.blogspot.com/2013/03/blue-pollen.html (http://rurification.blogspot.com/2013/03/blue-pollen.html)

Here's a pic.  Click to biggify.
(http://s16.postimage.org/oqkhof1u9/bee_on_scilla_pollen_basket.jpg) (http://postimage.org/image/oqkhof1u9/)

Title: Re: Bee with blue pollen
Post by: Vance G on March 13, 2013, 03:03:19 pm

I didn't say it!

Title: Re: Bee with blue pollen
Post by: bailey on March 13, 2013, 10:41:57 pm

My eyes must be messing up.
All I see is yellow pollen on the back leg

Title: Re: Bee with blue pollen
Post by: divemaster1963 on March 13, 2013, 11:07:19 pm

Quote from: bailey on March 13, 2013, 10:41:57 pm

My eyes must be messing up.
All I see is yellow pollen on the back leg

No Its called old age. your getting color blind. :-* :-D

I guy at work today kept telling me that the leak in some hydrolic lines was coming from the red line. Problem was there was no red line. It was green.

John

Title: Re: Bee with blue pollen
Post by: bailey on March 14, 2013, 02:27:07 pm

Alright dive master.  
I looked again.  I see various hues of blue and purple on the flower but the pollen on the leg looks yellow to me.
Bailey

My wife sees yellow pollen as well.

Title: Re: Bee with blue pollen
Post by: divemaster1963 on March 14, 2013, 10:36:33 pm

Quote from: bailey on March 14, 2013, 02:27:07 pm

Alright dive master.  
I looked again.  I see various hues of blue and purple on the flower but the pollen on the leg looks yellow to me.
Bailey

My wife sees yellow pollen as well.

Just poking ;). there is hue of blue but I think It is from the reflection of the flower off the white particles of pollen mixed with the yellow. I can see that the true pollen coming from the stiemen is yellow.

John

Title: Re: Bee with blue pollen
Post by: 10framer on March 26, 2013, 11:15:02 pm

looks blue to me.  i've seen bright red and this year mine have been bring olive drab pollen that tastes good then has a bitter after taste.

Title: Re: Bee with blue pollen
Post by: hummelkurt on March 31, 2013, 10:52:30 am

bailey don't let him tell you what you see ......blue, gray, green or yellow..........is it nice in your little world.............i see orange!!!!!

Title: Re: Bee with blue pollen
Post by: Steel Tiger on April 14, 2013, 02:19:59 pm

It looks yellow with a blue hue to me.