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Buddleja davidii – Butterfly Bush

 

Buddleja davidii – Butterfly Bush
Buddleja davidii – Butterfly Bush
Buddleja davidii – Butterfly Bush
Buddleja davidii – Butterfly Bush
Buddleja davidii – Butterfly Bush
Buddleja davidii – Butterfly Bush
Buddleja davidii – Butterfly Bush

Botanical Family Scrophulariaceae

Bloom Time June – September

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Reticulate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellow, Green

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source •

Nectar Source • •

Malva sylvestris – High Mallow

Malva sylvestris – High Mallow
Malva sylvestris – High Mallow
Malva sylvestris – High Mallow
Malva sylvestris – High Mallow
Malva sylvestris – High Mallow
Malva sylvestris – High Mallow
Malva sylvestris – High Mallow
Malva sylvestris – High Mallow

Botanical Family Malvaceae

Bloom Time June – October

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number Inaperturate

Aperture Type N/A

Ornamentation Echinate/Porate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 94

Shape Round

Pollen Color White

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source •

Nectar Source •

Pollen Load Identification

No pollen loads are actually seen on the corbicula for Malva spp., but there is typically a lot of pollen dusting on all parts of the honey bee, especially for the nectar gatherers.

 

Elaeagnus pungens – Thorny Olive

Elaeagnus pungens – Thorny Olive
Elaeagnus pungens – Thorny Olive
Elaeagnus pungens – Thorny Olive
Elaeagnus pungens – Thorny Olive
Elaeagnus pungens – Thorny Olive
Elaeagnus pungens – Thorny Olive
Elaeagnus pungens – Thorny Olive
Elaeagnus pungens – Thorny Olive

Botanical Family  Elaeagnaceae

Bloom Time October – December

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 38

Shape Round

Pollen Color Light Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • • •

Nectar Source • • •

Cucumis sativus – Cucumber

Cucumis sativus – Cucumber
Cucumis sativus – Cucumber
Cucumis sativus – Cucumber
Cucumis sativus – Cucumber
Cucumis sativus – Cucumber
Cucumis sativus – Cucumber
Cucumis sativus – Cucumber
Cucumis sativus – Cucumber
Cucumis sativus – Cucumber

Botanical Family Cucurbitaceae

Bloom Time June – October

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate

Tectum Semi-tectate

Size (um) 55

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellow, Light yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source •

Nectar Source • •

Heptacodium miconioides – Seven-Son Flower

Heptacodium miconioides – Seven-Son Flower
Heptacodium miconioides – Seven-Son Flower
Heptacodium miconioides – Seven-Son Flower
Heptacodium miconioides – Seven-Son Flower
Heptacodium miconioides – Seven-Son Flower

Botanical Family  Caprifoliaceae

Bloom Time August – October

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Echinate/Perforate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 55

Shape Round

Pollen Color Light Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source • • •

Nectar Source • • •

Myosotis spp. – Forget-Me-Not

Myosotis spp. – Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis spp. – Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis spp. – Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis spp. – Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis spp. – Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis spp. – Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis spp. – Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis spp. – Forget-Me-Not
Myosotis spp. – Forget-Me-Not

Botanical Family Boraginaceae

Bloom Time April – October

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Psilate/Granulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 11

Shape Oval

Pollen Color Yellow, Light Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

 

 

 

Impatiens spp. – Jewelweed

Impatiens spp. – Jewelweed
Impatiens spp. – Jewelweed
Impatiens spp. – Jewelweed
Impatiens spp. – Jewelweed
Impatiens spp. – Jewelweed
Impatiens spp. – Jewelweed
Impatiens spp. – Jewelweed
Impatiens spp. – Jewelweed

Botanical Family Balsaminaceae

Bloom Time June – October

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number Inaperturate

Aperture Type N/A

Ornamentation Granulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 32

Shape Oval

Pollen Color White

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Salvia officinalis – Common Sage

Salvia officinalis – Common Sage
Salvia officinalis – Common Sage
Salvia officinalis – Common Sage
Salvia officinalis – Common Sage
Salvia officinalis – Common Sage
Salvia officinalis – Common Sage
Salvia officinalis – Common Sage
Salvia officinalis – Common Sage

Botanical Family Lamiaceae

Bloom Time June

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 6

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Granulate

Tectum Semitectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color Creamy, White

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.

Begonia spp. – Begonia

Begonia spp. – Begonia
Begonia spp. – Begonia
Begonia spp. – Begonia
Begonia spp. – Begonia
Begonia spp. – Begonia
Begonia spp. – Begonia
Begonia spp. – Begonia
Begonia spp. – Begonia
Begonia spp. – Begonia
Begonia spp. – Begonia
Begonia spp. – Begonia
Begonia spp. – Begonia

Botanical Family Begoniaceae

Bloom Time June – Frost

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Colpus

Ornamentation Microreticulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color 

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source

Nectar Source

Agrimonia spp. – Agrimony

Agrimonia spp. – Agrimony
Agrimonia spp. – Agrimony
Agrimonia spp. – Agrimony
Agrimonia spp. – Agrimony
Agrimonia spp. – Agrimony
Agrimonia spp. – Agrimony
Agrimonia spp. – Agrimony
Agrimonia spp. – Agrimony
Agrimonia spp. – Agrimony
Agrimonia spp. – Agrimony
Agrimonia spp. – Agrimony
Agrimonia spp. – Agrimony

Botanical Family: Rosaceae

Bloom Time June – September

Pollen Characteristics

Dispersal Unit Monad

Aperture Number 3

Aperture Type Compound

Ornamentation Granulate

Tectum Eutectate

Size (um) 

Shape Round

Pollen Color Yellow

Honey Bee Resources

Pollen Source •

Nectar Source •