>What would be really useful would be an identification dichotomous key into
which you could first input your location...

We are perhaps 'lucky' that the UK is a relatively small country which might make it easier to identify pollens.

Our classic book is 'The Pollen Loads of the Honey Bee' by Dorothy Hodges - one of those nice books to own, with beautiful drawings and accurate colour keys.

A more recent book is that by Rex Sawyer, 'Pollen Identification for Beekeepers', which comes with a set of punched cards for various characteristics which you overlay on each other to narrow down the possibilities.  There is a CD available to accompany it.

But coming back to the original question, I think that the BBKA syllabus is designed to give keen amateur beekeepers some skills in identifying the source of their honey - not to become world experts on detecting potentially fraudulent mis-selling of honey from anywhere around the globe!

Best wishes

Peter 
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W

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