<<<<For the folks that are interested in the color of bee "pollen loads", there
is a book called "Pollen Loads" authored by Hodges (a woman from Britain).
I don't know how it corresponds to plants in other countries.  The sad part
is that the book is out-of-print.>>>>
This book, by Dorothy Hodges, first published in 1952, is a classic for
British beekeepers and would no doubt cover many of the nectar bearing
flowers in the United States.  It is still in print and available from
Northern Bee Books, Scout Bottom Farm, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, West
Yorkshire  HX7 5JS.  Telephone 01422 882751, fax 01422 886157.  Colour
charts for 120 bee plants, as collected and as seen in honey, large
microscopical drawings of the pollen grains of 140 species.
Aso available from same publisher - Pocket Pollen Colour Guide by Stephen
Hardy and A Colour Guide to the Pollen Loads of the Honey Bee by William
Kirk, detailing 268 plants.        Sid P.
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