February

Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Erica carnea – Winter Heath
Erica carnea – Winter Heath
Erica carnea – Winter Heath
Erica carnea – Winter Heath
Erica carnea – Winter Heath
Erica carnea – Winter Heath
Erica carnea – Winter Heath
Erica carnea – Winter Heath
Erica carnea – Winter Heath

Botanical Family Ericaceae

Bloom Time January – March

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Tetrad

Aperture Number >6

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color Light Green, Green

Lonicera fragrantissima – Fragrant Honeysuckle

Lonicera fragrantissima–Fragrant Honeysuckle
Lonicera fragrantissima–Fragrant Honeysuckle
Lonicera fragrantissima–Fragrant Honeysuckle
Lonicera fragrantissima–Fragrant Honeysuckle
Lonicera fragrantissima–Fragrant Honeysuckle
Lonicera fragrantissima–Fragrant Honeysuckle
Lonicera fragrantissima–Fragrant Honeysuckle
Lonicera fragrantissima–Fragrant Honeysuckle
Lonicera fragrantissima–Fragrant Honeysuckle
Lonicera fragrantissima–Fragrant Honeysuckle

Botanical Family Caprifoliaceae

Bloom Time March – April

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 56

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • • • •

Nectar Source • • •

Helleborus foetidus – Stinking Hellebore

 

Helleborus foetidus–Stinking Hellebore
Helleborus foetidus–Stinking Hellebore
Helleborus foetidus–Stinking Hellebore
Helleborus foetidus–Stinking Hellebore
Helleborus foetidus–Stinking Hellebore
Helleborus foetidus–Stinking Hellebore
Helleborus foetidus–Stinking Hellebore
Helleborus foetidus–Stinking Hellebore
Helleborus foetidus–Stinking Hellebore
Helleborus foetidus–Stinking Hellebore

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time February – April

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Semi-tectate

Size (um) 23

Shape Round

Pollen Color Light Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • • •

Nectar Source • • •

The Helleborus foetidus is the most visited by honey bees of the Hellebore species.

Resources

Lindtner, Peter (2014). Garden Plants for Honey Bees. Wicwas Press, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI.

Gelsemium sempervirens – Carolina Yellow Jasmine

Gelsemium sempervirens–Carolina Yellow Jasmine
Gelsemium sempervirens–Carolina Yellow Jasmine
Gelsemium sempervirens–Carolina Yellow Jasmine
Gelsemium sempervirens–Carolina Yellow Jasmine
Gelsemium sempervirens–Carolina Yellow Jasmine
Gelsemium sempervirens–Carolina Yellow Jasmine
Gelsemium sempervirens–Carolina Yellow Jasmine
Gelsemium sempervirens–Carolina Yellow Jasmine
Gelsemium sempervirens–Carolina Yellow Jasmine

Botanical Family Gelsemiaceae

Bloom Time February – April

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Striate/Perforate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um)

Shape Round 

Pollen Color

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Galanthus nivalis – Snowdrop

Galanthus nivalus – Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalus – Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalus – Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalus – Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalus – Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalus – Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalus – Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalus – Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalus – Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalus – Snowdrop

Botanical Family Amaryllidaceae

Bloom Time February

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 1

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 25

Shape Oval

Pollen Color Orange, Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • • •

Nectar Source • • •

Helleborus niger – Black Hellebore

Helleborus niger–Christmas Rose
Helleborus niger–Christmas Rose
Helleborus niger–Christmas Rose
Helleborus niger–Christmas Rose
Helleborus niger–Christmas Rose
Helleborus niger–Christmas Rose
Helleborus niger–Christmas Rose

Botanical Family Ranunculaceae

Bloom Time February – March

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellowish Tan

Honey Bee Resource

Pollen Source • • 

Nectar Source • • 

Hamamelis vernalis–Ozark Witchhazel

 

Hamamelis vernalis–Ozark Witchhazel
Hamamelis vernalis–Ozark Witchhazel
Hamamelis vernalis–Ozark Witchhazel
Hamamelis vernalis–Ozark Witchhazel
Hamamelis vernalis–Ozark Witchhazel
Hamamelis vernalis–Ozark Witchhazel

Botanical Family Hamamelidaceae

Bloom Time January – April

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 27

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source •

Nectar Source •

 

Crataegus marshallii–Parsely Hawthorne

Crataegus marshallii–Parsely Hawthorne
Crataegus marshallii–Parsely Hawthorne
Crataegus marshallii–Parsely Hawthorne
Crataegus marshallii–Parsely Hawthorne

 

Botanical Family Roseaceae

Bloom Time February-June

 

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size 

Shape Triangular