Several years ago I received an ag related grant to buy a microscope to use for identifying pollen
floral sources in my pollen traps and honey.
long story short in a normal non-drought season in central Mn we found minimal traces of corn
pollen for a period of 2 weeks.
this region is rich with pollen and nectar sources from early April to late Sept and we average some
nice crops. corn is a fairly common crop here although maybe not as densely planted as southern MN
or IA etc.. so while I don't worry much about my bees eating corn pollen here it could be a much
different story elsewhere.
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