Detemineting pollen on their colour
seen to my the same as
deteminating trees on the colour of their leaves
(read someware that the Indians have 80 different words for green)
 
The only thing you can do is make a pollen preparation
and try to find it in the pollenbooks
 
how to make a pollen prep on>>>
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jtemp/pollenprep.html
 
EDHC wrote:
 
> I was feeding my hives in southern New Mexico where I am overwintering them
> and I noticed that they had began brood rearing. The bees were collecting a
> cream colored pollen.  It was on the legs of the bees and and in the cells
> around the brood.
>
> Last fall I had the bees on white and yellow clover in the mountains and moved
> them to this warmer location over the winter,  The pollen from the clovers
> were more of a red/orange color.  In searching the source of the pollen in the
> area all I could find was some bees in the lower portion of the spikes (hairy
> portion that is seed bearing) of cattails (Scientific Name:  Typha spp.)
>
> In reading "Western Edible Wild Plants" by H. D. Harrington, he mentions on
> page 9 - 11 that the spike contains pollen and alludes to the fact that it
> will last from fall into spring until it has been blown away by the wind.  He
> also talks about collection of the spikes for pollen to use in baking and that
> it can be stored for long periods of time after a treatment in an oven at 350
> degrees F.
>
> Has anyone had any experience with this plant or ones like it that continue to
> hold pollen throughout the dorment times of the year for use by bees as a food
> source?
> Is the pollen from this plant a good source of brood rearing food for bees?
>
> Ed Costanza
> Edgewood, New Mexico, USA
 
 
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