I have found that the red pollen comes from Henbit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamium_amplexicaule
On 5/31/2015 1:30 PM, Richard Cryberg wrote:
> A week ago a number of my hives were bringing in newly painted barn red pollen as part of their mix. No clue what that was from. Some species of golden rod are very honey bee attractive for both pollen and nectar. Other species are totally ignored. One species is pollen attractive but has no nectar as far as I can tell.
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