Botanical Family Roseaceae
Bloom Time March – June
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Compound
Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate
Tectum Eutectate
Size (um)
Shape Round
Pollen Source
Nectar Source
Flower photos contributed by Mount Cuba
Botanical Family Sapindaceae
Bloom Time February–May
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Compound
Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate
Tectum Semitectate
Size (um)
Shape Round
Pollen Color Gray-Brown, Yellow
Pollen Source • • •
Nectar Source • • •
The honey made from Acer is typically pale amber. Acer trees are important for early brood rearing.
Sammataro, D. and Harman, A. (2013). “Major Flowers Important to Honey Bees in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States”. AlphaGraphics, Tucson, AZ.
Botanical Family Sapindaceae
Bloom Time February – May
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Colpus
Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate
Tectum Eutectate
Size (um) 32
Shape Round
Pollen Color Brown, dark brown, olive
Pollen Resource • •
Nectar Resource • • •
The honey from Acer is typically pale amber in color. Maples are important to honey bees for early brood rearing.
Sammataro, D. and Harman, A. (2013). “Major Flowers Important to Honey Bees in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States”. AlphaGraphics, Tucson, AZ.
Botanical Family Sapindaceae
Bloom Time April–May
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Compound
Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate
Tectum Eutectate
Size (um)
Shape Round
Pollen Color
Pollen Source
Nectar Source
Botanical Family Sapindaceae
Bloom Time February – May
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Compound
Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate
Tectum Eutectate
Size (um)
Shape Round
Pollen Color Greenish Tan, light olive
Pollen Source • • •
Nectar Source N/A
The honey made from Acer is typically pale amber in color. Maple trees are important to honey bees for early brood rearing.
The pollen load for Acer negundo is typically large, and pollen collection causes pollen dusting on the honey bee’s head and antennae, and the posterior of the abdomen.
Hodges, D. (1952). The pollen loads of the honey bee: a guide to their identification by colour and form. London: Bee Research Assoc. Ltd.
Sammataro, D. and Harman, A. (2013). “Major Flowers Important to Honey Bees in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States”. AlphaGraphics, Tucson, AZ.
Full Acer negundo tree photo contributed by Mount Cuba
Botanical Family Sapindaceae
Bloom Time March-May
Dispersal Unit Monad
Aperture Number 3
Aperture Type Compound
Ornamentation Granulate/Peforate
Tectum Semitectate
Size
Shape Round
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