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Aesculus carnea – Red Horse Chestnut

Aesculus carnea – Red Horse Chestnut
Aesculus carnea – Red Horse Chestnut
Aesculus carnea – Red Horse Chestnut
Aesculus carnea – Red Horse Chestnut
Aesculus carnea – Red Horse Chestnut
Aesculus carnea – Red Horse Chestnut
Aesculus carnea – Red Horse Chestnut
Aesculus carnea – Red Horse Chestnut
Aesculus carnea – Red Horse Chestnut
Aesculus carnea – Red Horse Chestnut

Botanical Family Sapindaceae

Bloom Time May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Perforate/Striate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color Red, Dark Orange

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • •

Nectar Source • •

Pollen Load Identification

The pollen of Aesculus spp. is known to cause a lot of dusting on the body of the foraging bee. Typically, the Aesculus spp. pollen creates a dusting on the posterior thorax, and the posterior and anterior abdomen of the foraging bee. Pollen has also been noted on the wings of bees visiting Aesculus for nectar instead of pollen.

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.

 

Lamium maculatum – Spotted Deadnettle

Lamium maculatum – Spotted Deadnettle
Lamium maculatum – Spotted Deadnettle
Lamium maculatum – Spotted Deadnettle
Lamium maculatum – Spotted Deadnettle
Lamium maculatum – Spotted Deadnettle
Lamium maculatum – Spotted Deadnettle
Lamium maculatum – Spotted Deadnettle
Lamium maculatum – Spotted Deadnettle

Botanical Family Lamiaceae

Bloom Time May – July

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color Dark red

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • • 

Nectar Source • •

Verbascum chaixii – Nettle-Leaved Mullein

Verbascum chaixii – Nettle-Leaved Mullein
Verbascum chaixii – Nettle-Leaved Mullein
Verbascum chaixii – Nettle-Leaved Mullein
Verbascum chaixii – Nettle-Leaved Mullein
Verbascum chaixii – Nettle-Leaved Mullein
Verbascum chaixii – Nettle-Leaved Mullein
Verbascum chaixii – Nettle-Leaved Mullein

Botanical Family: Scrophulariaceae

Bloom Time May – July

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color Orange, Red

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • •

Nectar Source •

Aesculus hippocastanum – Horse Chestnut

Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum–Horse Chestnut

Botanical Family Sapindaceae

Bloom Time May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Psilate/Striate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 20

Shape Round

Pollen Color Red

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • • •

Nectar Source • • •

Pollen Load Identification

The pollen of Aesculus spp. is known to cause a lot of dusting on the body of the foraging bee. Typically, the Aesculus spp. pollen creates a dusting on the posterior thorax, and the posterior and anterior abdomen of the foraging bee. Pollen has also been noted on the wings of bees visiting Aesculus for nectar instead of pollen.

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.

Lamium purpureum – Purple Deadnettle

Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle
Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle
Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle
Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle
Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle
Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle
Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle
Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle
Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle
Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle
Lamium purpureum–Purple Deadnettle

Botanical Family Lamiaceae

Bloom Time May – November

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Mircoreticulate

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 31

Shape Triangular

Pollen Color Orange, Red

Pollen Load Identification 

Honey bee foragers collecting Lamium purpureum will typically also have a pollen dusting on their head and antennae.

Lamium spp. are valuable for brood building. All members of the mint family are attractive to bees.

Source

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.

Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye

Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora – Bottlebrush Buckeye

Botanical Family Sapindaceae

Bloom Time June – July

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um)

Shape Round

Pollen Color Red

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • •

Nectar Source •

Pollen Load Identification

The pollen of Aesculus spp. is known to cause a lot of dusting on the body of the foraging bee. Typically, the Aesculus spp. pollen creates a dusting on the posterior thorax, and the posterior and anterior abdomen of the foraging bee. Pollen has also been noted on the wings of bees visiting Aesculus for nectar instead of pollen.

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.

Flower photos contributed by Mount Cuba

Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye

Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red BuckeyeAesculus pavia–Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye
Aesculus pavia – Red Buckeye

Botanical Family Sapindaceae

Bloom Time March – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color Red

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • • •

Nectar Source • • •

Pollen Load Identification

The pollen of Aesculus spp. is known to cause a lot of dusting on the body of the foraging bee. Typically, the Aesculus spp. pollen creates a dusting on the posterior thorax, and the posterior and anterior abdomen of the foraging bee. Pollen has also been noted on the wings of bees visiting Aesculus for nectar instead of pollen.

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.

Flower photos contributed by Mount Cuba