David  Fourer wrote:

> Has any method been developed to positively identify  what flowers the bees
are going to?
We had a speaker at our local club who does a lot of pollen  analysis 
identification in honey.
I came away with the impression that although some pollens are perhaps  easy 
to identify,
many are just by pollen family and an electron microscope would be  necessary 
to get the
magnification necessary for a specific flower ID. 
 
I often see lots of different colored pollen loads coming into my  hive, but 
the honey is usually
consistent in color throughout a super, leading me to believe the bees are  
pretty consistent
in staying with the same type nectar source even with many different  pollens 
in the honey.
A combination of taste, color, pollen ID and harvest season  factors ought to 
give you a decent
ID of your nectar source.
 
 



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