Blue pollen

[iann41]

Had a dark royal blue pollen coming into the garden hive yesterday.

Apparently it's Siberian Squill

A first for me.

 

[enrico]

Pollen identified? Or found the plants? Phacelia is blue too
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[Millet]

Had a dark royal blue pollen coming into the garden hive yesterday.

Apparently it's Siberian Squill

A first for me.

Same here..it is normally not seen till RBWH is in flower.

 

[Swarm]

My Siberian Squill is well and truly over, it flowers not long after Crocus. More likely to be Phacelia.

 

[iann41]

Thanks for putting me right.

The pollen was unmistakably dark blue and after trawling t'internet all I found was Siberian Squall here

https://www.beverlybees.com/blue-pollen-honeybees-siberian-squill/

I'm going to put a pollen collector on the hive later today.

 

[mike99]

Thanks for putting me right.

I'm going to put a pollen collector on the hive later today.

Isn’t that called a bee?