July

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
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.

Stokesia ‘Honey Song Purple’ – Stokes’ Aster

Stokesia ‘Honey Song Purple’ – Stokes’ Aster
Stokesia ‘Honey Song Purple’ – Stokes’ Aster
Stokesia ‘Honey Song Purple’ – Stokes’ Aster
Stokesia ‘Honey Song Purple’ – Stokes’ Aster
Stokesia ‘Honey Song Purple’ – Stokes’ Aster
Stokesia ‘Honey Song Purple’ – Stokes’ Aster
Stokesia ‘Honey Song Purple’ – Stokes’ Aster
Stokesia ‘Honey Song Purple’ – Stokes’ Aster

Botanical Family Asteraceae

Bloom Time May – July

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Porate

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 

Shape 

Pollen Color 

Silphium simpsonii – Simpson’s Rosinweed

Silphium simpsonii – Simpson’s Rosinweed
Silphium simpsonii – Simpson’s Rosinweed
Silphium simpsonii – Simpson’s Rosinweed
Silphium simpsonii – Simpson’s Rosinweed
Silphium simpsonii – Simpson’s Rosinweed
Silphium simpsonii – Simpson’s Rosinweed
Silphium simpsonii – Simpson’s Rosinweed
Silphium simpsonii – Simpson’s Rosinweed
Silphium simpsonii – Simpson’s Rosinweed
Silphium simpsonii – Simpson’s Rosinweed

Botanical Family Asteraceae

Bloom Time July – September

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 32

Shape Round

Pollen Color Reddish Yellow

Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida – Orange Coneflower

Botanical Family Asteraceae

Bloom Time June – October

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 27

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellow, Orange

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • •

Nectar Source •

Flower photos contributed by Mount Cuba

Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower

Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Fragrant Angel’ – Purple Coneflower

Botanical Family Asteraceae

Bloom Time June – November

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Echinacea simulata – Glade Purple Coneflower

Echinacea simulata – Glade Purple Coneflower
Echinacea simulata – Glade Purple Coneflower
Echinacea simulata – Glade Purple Coneflower
Echinacea simulata – Glade Purple Coneflower
Echinacea simulata – Glade Purple Coneflower
Echinacea simulata – Glade Purple Coneflower
Echinacea simulata – Glade Purple Coneflower
Echinacea simulata – Glade Purple Coneflower
Echinacea simulata – Glade Purple Coneflower
Echinacea simulata – Glade Purple Coneflower

Botanical Family Asteraceae

Bloom Time June–November

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Echinacea laevigata – Smooth Purple Coneflower

Echinacea laevigata – Smooth Purple Coneflower
Echinacea laevigata – Smooth Purple Coneflower
Echinacea laevigata – Smooth Purple Coneflower
Echinacea laevigata – Smooth Purple Coneflower
Echinacea laevigata – Smooth Purple Coneflower
Echinacea laevigata – Smooth Purple Coneflower
Echinacea laevigata – Smooth Purple Coneflower
Echinacea laevigata – Smooth Purple Coneflower
Echinacea laevigata – Smooth Purple Coneflower
Echinacea laevigata – Smooth Purple Coneflower
Echinacea laevigata – Smooth Purple Coneflower

Botanical Family Asteraceae

Bloom Time June – November

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Rhododendron prunifolium – Plumleaf Azalea

Rhododendron prunifolium – Plumleaf Azalea
Rhododendron prunifolium – Plumleaf Azalea
Rhododendron prunifolium – Plumleaf Azalea
Rhododendron prunifolium – Plumleaf Azalea
Rhododendron prunifolium – Plumleaf Azalea
Rhododendron prunifolium – Plumleaf Azalea
Rhododendron prunifolium – Plumleaf Azalea
Rhododendron prunifolium – Plumleaf Azalea

Botanical Family Ericaceae

Bloom Time July – August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Tetrad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colporate

Ornamentation Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 57

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed

Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Santa Fe Yellow’ – Large Flowered Tickseed

Botanical Family: Asteraceae

Bloom Time May – August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colporate

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 20

Shape Round

Pollen Color Red-Yellow

Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’ – Tickseed

Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’ – Tickseed
Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’ – Tickseed
Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’ – Tickseed
Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’ – Tickseed
Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’ – Tickseed
Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’ – Tickseed
Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’ – Tickseed
Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’ – Tickseed
Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’ – Tickseed

Botanical Family: Asteraceae

Bloom Time June – August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colporate

Ornamentation Echinate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 20

Shape Round

Pollen Color Red, Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba