On 18-Jul-17, at 10:47 AM, Christina Wahl wrote:

> Is there any way to tell what flowers HONEY comes from, other than  
> looking at the polle

Hi Christina & All

I was pulling sticky boards today and noticed, once again(see it every  
year at this time), thousands of small yellow petal-like things  
coating the sticky boards.  Watching the entrances many of the bees  
have these things attached to  them.  Asclepias L. (milkweed) : Goltz,  
L. (1986) ABJ 126(9) 601-602 : Sometimes N collecting bees fatally  
trapped in flowers by strands attached to pairs of polllinia,  
characteristic of milkweeds. Several masses of pollinia may be  
inadvertently carried on a bees body from flower to flower.  Honey  
light colour and mild flavour, cappings pearly white and ideal for  
comb honey production.

Bob Darrell
Caledon Ontario
Caada
44N80W

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