library of pollen photos

[BeeBeeKa]

Heather

Hm… It`s strange that on the same kind of a plant ( I presume) bees have different colors of pollen.
I.e. I see the dark blue pollen ( or black even) on a bell heather on my picture,

while on yours it`s a “creamy” alike, same as on a ling heather on mine :

Oh sorry. Yours is not bell heather like mine. I presume yours is Erica heather ( [FONT=&quot]as it has black edging around pestle, visible from outside. While bell heather hasn`t).[/FONT]

 

[REDWOOD]

Where have all the photos gone?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Daffodil

Well, this is a first for me!
Not a very good picture......sorry

 

[clv101]

On the willow this weekend - is it spring yet?

 

[BeeJayBee]

- is it spring yet?

Not here it isn't, no willow yet.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Only one or two terminal flowers out on the Japanese willows. ***** willow has weeks to go yet.

 

[itma]

Where have all the photos gone?

Kinda defeats the object, doesn't it?

 

[Rich0909]

Collecting pollen (and nectar?) from Viburnum bodnantense 'Dawn'.

 

[MuswellMetro]

currently blue pollen coming in, so put it under a microscope today

looks like siberian squill (Scillia siberica

 

[Curley]

Pollen ID?

Checked my inspection board after 2 weeks in ( one varroa - woohoo).

Along with loads of cappings and the odd bee leg there were lots of( a few dozen) dropped pollen loads in various shades of mustard and yellow(willow, hazel probably?) - lots of a muddy light green one - which I tentatively identified as goat willow; and one mysterious load of pink - baby's bottom pink at that. Any ideas?

 

[REDWOOD]

Like a library without books

 

[REDWOOD]

Where did all the pictures go ?

 

[Curly green finger's]

Where did all the pictures go ?

Very interested in this also, didnt even know this thread existed.
Pollen charts are a pain to try and compare to.

 

[Swarm]

IIRC, I think Mark lost them during a database/server change a while back.

 

[milkermel]

Can't see any images, guess will have to just enjoy watching my girls

 

[Brenda]

Very interested in this also, didnt even know this thread existed.
Pollen charts are a pain to try and compare to.

The Dorothy Hodges book ‘The Pollen Loads of the Honeybee’ is my reference when in doubt. Published originally in 1952 then again in 1964 and 1974. The great thing about identifying pollen is you have an idea where they are sourcing their loads of both pollen and nectar, which is very important information when you do a great deal of observation at the landing board as well as weekly inspections.

 

[Ron Birrell]

I have 'The Pollen Loads of the Honeybee' and Rex Sawyer's 'Pollen Identification for Beekeepers'.
My go to reference though is 'Pollen Microscopy' by Norman Chapman. Full of beautifully detailed line drawings of pollen grains together with colour photograghs of the plant it comes from.

 

[Erichalfbee]

That is a beautiful book. I have a signed copy.

 

[Prof]

Can anyone recommend a book of images of pollen grains. I would love to identify what my bees are bringing back (other than just the colour of the pollen)

This is a useful link, although the images are not all the same size, if I recall correctly.
http://www.saps.org.uk/pollen/pollen/index.htm

 

[Gilberdyke John]

This is a useful link, although the images are not all the same size, if I recall correctly.
http://www.saps.org.uk/pollen/pollen/index.htm

I'm looking for an image of Buckwheat pollen. It doesn't seem to be in the library link but maybe it's under a Latin name?