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Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart

 

Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis – Bleeding Heart

Botanical Family Papaveraceae

Bloom Time April – May

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Stylophorum diphyllum – Celandine Poppy

Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy
Stylophorum diphyllum – celandine poppy

Botanical Family Papaveraceae

Bloom Time April – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Granulate/Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • •

Nectar Source • •

Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine

 

Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine
Jasminum nudiflorum – Winter Jasmine

Botanical Family Oleacea

Bloom Time March – April

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3 – 4

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Microreticulate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color Dark Yellow

Honey Bee Resource

Pollen Source • •

Nectar Source • •

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty

Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty
Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty

Botanical Family Montiaceae

Bloom Time April

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Trillium grandiflorum – White Trillium

Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily
Trillium grandiflorum – Wood Lily

Botanical Family Melanthiaceae

Bloom Time April – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 1

Aperture Type Sulcus

Ornamentation Granulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Mazus spp. – Mazus

 

Mazus spp. – Mazus
Mazus spp. – Mazus
Mazus spp. – Mazus
Mazus spp. – Mazus
Mazus spp. – Mazus
Mazus spp. – Mazus
Mazus spp. – Mazus
Mazus spp. – Mazus
Mazus spp. – Mazus
Mazus spp. – Mazus
Mazus spp. – Mazus
Mazus spp. – Mazus
Mazus spp. – Mazus

Botanical Family Mazaceae

Bloom Time June – July

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Flower photo contributed by Mount Cuba

Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage

Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage
Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage
Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage
Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage
Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage
Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage
Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage
Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage
Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage
Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage
Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage
Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage
Salvia coccinea – Texas Sage

Botanical Family Lamiaceae

Bloom Time July – October

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • •

Nectar Source • • •

Pollen Load Identification 

No pollen loads are typically seen on the honey bee foraging on Salvia spp., but there is typically a pollen dusting seen on the bee’s anterior thorax and abdomen.

Sources

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

 

Mentha spicata – Spearmint

 

Mentha spicata – Spearmint
Mentha spicata – Spearmint
Mentha spicata – Spearmint
Mentha spicata – Spearmint
Mentha spicata – Spearmint
Mentha spicata – Spearmint
Mentha spicata – Spearmint

Botanical Family Lamiaceae

Bloom Time July – August

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Porate

Ornamentation Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color White

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • •

Nectar Source • • • •

Ajuga spp. – Bugle

Ajuga spp. – Bugle
Ajuga spp. – Bugle
Ajuga spp. – Bugle
Ajuga spp. – Bugle
Ajuga spp. – Bugle
Ajuga spp. – Bugle
Ajuga spp. – Bugle
Ajuga spp. – Bugle
Ajuga spp. – Bugle
Ajuga spp. – Bugle
Ajuga spp. – Bugle

Botanical Family Lamiaceae

Bloom Time May – June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Resource • •

Nectar Resource •

Agastache spp. – Anise

Agastache spp. – Anise
Agastache spp. – Anise
Agastache spp. – Anise
Agastache spp. – Anise
Agastache spp. – Anise
Agastache spp. – Anise
Agastache spp. – Anise
Agastache spp. – Anise
Agastache spp. – Anise
Agastache spp. – Anise
Agastache spp. – Anise

Botanical Family Lamiaceae

Bloom Time June – September

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 6

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate/Psilate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color