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Think “Green eyes”…..Can't be, otherwise the Queen would be marked "Yellow" .
Think “Green eyes”…..Can't be, otherwise the Queen would be marked "Yellow" .
Hmmmmm, don’t know anything that is black. Poppies & borage are dark grey. Pale yellow could be pumpkins/squash maybe?Bees bringing in lots of black and pale yellow pollen this morning, which considering the lack of flowers about now makes me wonder on which plants they found it; any ideas?
It’s a bit late for pumpkin flowers, I would say the light yellow is ivy or even mustard, black pollen could be poppiesHmmmmm, don’t know anything that is black. Poppies & borage are dark grey. Pale yellow could be pumpkins/squash maybe?
Mind you weird stuff is flowering here. I’ve got blossom on one of my apple trees and the persicaria is throwing up flower buds…..It’s a bit late for pumpkin flowers, I would say the light yellow is ivy or even mustard, black pollen could be poppies
Not poppies, none to be seen now. Otherwise maybe propolis of some kind?It’s a bit late for pumpkin flowers, I would say the light yellow is ivy or even mustard, black pollen could be poppies
I did think that too wishful thinking on the poppy front although walking some of the fields on the farm and there is clover still flowering both white and red, and the odd dandelionNot poppies, none to be seen now. Otherwise maybe propolis of some kind?
Never thought about , you are probably rightLooks very like Gorse.
Orange is usually asters in the autumn. My bees still working the ones in the garden.Had a look arounf my place and found one Dandelion, Red Clover lots of, a few poppies,the odd buttercup, 2 strawberry blossoms, some Golden Rod starting to flower along with a few flowers that might be of interest to the girls. I have just one colony bringing lots of Pollen in that is more orangey than yellow and a nuc collecting small amounts of something greyish. When travelling up the road today I noticed some white flowers growing amongst ivy on stone walls and quite a few as if in season, which they are not. At this rate we will be reporting snowdrops.View attachment 41387
In good company hereI rather like the symmetry of the first pollen of Spring - yellow from willow - being rounded off by the yellow of the ivy in Autumn.
I’m odd like that.
Looks very like Gorse.
I was making a joke about the TYPO!Not in my apiary but watched somebody else @peterbees talking to Kate Humble about his heather honey
https://www.channel5.com/kate-humble-s-coastal-britain/season-2/episode-4
Horses can blossomBefore you post, ask yourself 3 things, (maybe 4!)
Is it plausible?
....do horses flower, ever??
Love it!
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Orange is usually asters in the autumn. My bees still working the ones in the garden.
That entrance, what is going on there ?These girls are right in the middle of about an acre of horse but I didn’t see a single flower open! Beautiful pollen tho.
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