Pollen id resource

[Poly Hive]

http://www.sheffieldbeekeepers.org.uk/tools/pollen-chart/

Very well done someone.

PH

 

[alldigging]

Sheffield's is excellent.
I've recently found this one too https://www.nsbka.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=681&Itemid=1092

 

[Beefriendly]

I'd take it with a large pinch of salt....some of the pollen colours are just plain wrong. e.g Hazel pollen (bottom row second colour) is really a more yellowy/orangy colour; ling heather pollen is much darker, pear pollen and crab apple pollen's are not yellow etc etc
I'll stick with my colour guide to the pollen loads of bees (Kirk) which shows up to three different shades of colour for each plants pollen depending on region.maturity etc.

 

[Beefriendly]

Sheffield's is excellent.
I've recently found this one too https://www.nsbka.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=681&Itemid=1092

Similar problems to the Sheffield chart....just check out their Hazel/Elder pollen colors it's just plain wrong. Both are yellowyoranges.

 

[Poly Hive]

Yes, thats even better. Thanks

PH

 

[Finman]

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My color guide is when I look bees in flowers. Many of those color maps do not have same colors what I have seen. Apple, fire flower, willow.

 

[DanBee]

I'd take it with a large pinch of salt....some of the pollen colours are just plain wrong. e.g Hazel pollen (bottom row second colour) is really a more yellowy/orangy colour; ling heather pollen is much darker, pear pollen and crab apple pollen's are not yellow etc etc
I'll stick with my colour guide to the pollen loads of bees (Kirk) which shows up to three different shades of colour for each plants pollen depending on region.maturity etc.

If viewing on a laptop or tablet, tilt your screen and it all changes anyway! Choose your viewing angle, brightness, contrast, & colour settings carefully... or adjust them to be something different - there is no consistency in colour reproduction.

William Kirk spent a lot of time working with the printers to ensure that his pollen guide's colours were reproduced as accurately as possible. What is it, about £10 a copy? If you're interested, it's worth the money.

Beekeepers penny pinch too often, IMHO. Save money in some areas and invest it in others, 'free' or 'cheapest' often comes at a price

 

[Swarm]

Sheffield do point out it's basic to be fair but it really isn't accurate.