Aaron Morris wrote:

<There have bee 3 recent queries regarding different types of pollen (corn,
poppy and hazelnut) that may or may not be collected by honeybees.

I find none of the three listed.  Can I assume if they didn't make
McGregor's book the plants aren't of interest to honeybees>

Yo Aaron:

I can't add anything on either the corn or hazelnut but we raise rhoeas
(Shirley), Icelandic, Oriental, Calif. (escholza) and "breadseed" poppies
and I can vouch that our bees work all of them profusely.

As a matter of fact, if I were going to plant a garden expressly with bee
forage in mind, poppies would be one of the mainstays.

Skip

Skip & Christy Hensler
THE ROCK GARDEN
Newport, Wash.
http://www.povn.com/rock