> > Here foragers are bring in a spectacular red pollen from a mint type weed > known as "hen-path" or "hen-bit." Its low, with pubescent leaves and has > purple to violet flowers. Someone else mentioned to me it used to be used > for beer making as a hops substitute but now has naturalized. > Sorry I don't have a Latin name. Henbit is Lamium amplexicaule and Malcolm's red deadnettle is Lamium purpureum. Both are closely related mints. I think I've observed more activity on the L. purpureum, but I shouldn't draw any conclusions from it. I can't verify the red pollen, though. I'll keep a better watch out for pollen collection. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= | Stephen Bambara NCSU-Entomology, Box 7626, Raleigh NC 27695-7626 | |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=| | Voice: (919) 515-3140 | INTERNET: [log in to unmask] | | FAX: (919) 515-7273 | =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=