>Howes ('Plants and Beekeeping') gives thyme as a good source of nectar but
does not mention pollen.



Here's a pic of a bee that has collected thyme pollen in New Zealand - it's a light green. Oddly enough it's English Thyme - Thymus vulgaris 
https://pix.sfly.com/Dd2Zze


And this link is from the New Zealand's Dept. of Ag discussing thyme pollen in some detail. 
http://tinyurl.com/ybayzsp2




>Unifloral Thyme honey is mainly produced in:
>Italy from Thymus capitatus (pollen grains/10 g: 10 100 ± 6 000; Thymus pollen 26.6% ± 10.0);
>Greece from a variety of different species of Thymus and other Labiatae. The Greek samples show a very variable pollen content (pollengrains/10 g:33 800 >± 16 700; Thymus pollen 40.2% ± 16.4);
>Spain and France mainly from Thymus vulgaris;
>New Zealand from Thymus vulgaris,





             ***********************************************
The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software.  For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html