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Offline Rurification

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Bee with blue pollen
« 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

Here's a pic.  Click to biggify.

Robin Edmundson
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Offline Vance G

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Re: Bee with blue pollen
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2013, 03:03:19 pm »
I didn't say it!

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Re: Bee with blue pollen
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2013, 10:41:57 pm »
My eyes must be messing up.
All I see is yellow pollen on the back leg
most often i find my greatest source of stress to be OPS  ( other peoples stupidity )

It is better to keep ones mouth shut and be thought of as a fool than to open ones mouth and in so doing remove all doubt.

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Re: Bee with blue pollen
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2013, 11:07:19 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.

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Re: Bee with blue pollen
« Reply #4 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.
most often i find my greatest source of stress to be OPS  ( other peoples stupidity )

It is better to keep ones mouth shut and be thought of as a fool than to open ones mouth and in so doing remove all doubt.

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Re: Bee with blue pollen
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2013, 10:36:33 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

Offline 10framer

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Re: Bee with blue pollen
« Reply #6 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.

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Re: Bee with blue pollen
« Reply #7 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!!!!!

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Re: Bee with blue pollen
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2013, 02:19:59 pm »
It looks yellow with a blue hue to me.