Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale – Dandelion

Botanical Family Asteraceae

Bloom Time March – December

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Porate

Ornamentation Lophate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 35

Shape Round

Pollen Color Orange

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Pollen Load Identification

Taraxacum pollen load is typically a large packet on the corbicula, but the pollen can also be found dusted on the head and antennae, and posterior thorax and abdomen of a foraging bee.

Resources

Hodges, D. (1952). The pollen loads of the honey bee: a guide to their identification by colour and form. London: Bee Research Assoc. Ltd.

Lindtner, P. (2014). Garden Plants for Honey Bees. Kalamazzo: Wicwas Press.