Bees, Honey, Bee Bread, Bee Pollen

Pollen Identification Color Guide

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Trees and shrubs – Spring
Common name Latin name Blooming months Pollen colour Availability Source for honeybees
Maple Acer spp. Feb – Apr light yellow feral fair
Manitoba Maple (Box elder) Acer negundo Feb – Apr light olive feral good
Norway maple Acer platanoides Apr – May yellow green, olive feral fair
Red Maple Acer rubrum Mar – Apr grey brown feral
Grey Alder Alnus incana Feb – Apr brownish yellow feral
American Chestnut Castanea dentata May – Jun mostly ornamental
Sweet Chestnut Castanea sativa May feral good
Common Hackberry Celtis occidentalis Apr – May feral
Flowering Quince Chaenomeles japonica,Chaenomeles lagenaria Apr – May feral good
American Hazel Corylus americana Mar – Apr light green feral and ornamental fair/good
Hawthorn Crataegus spp. Apr – May yellow brown feral fair
White Ash Fraxinus americana Apr – May
Honey Locust Gleditsia triancanthos May – Jun feral
American holly Ilex opaca Apr – Jun feral
Walnut Juglans spp. Apr – May cultivated fair
Tulip-tree Lirodendron tulipifera May – Jun feral and ornamental good
Crab Apple Malus spp. Mar – Jun light olive ornamental
Apple Malus domestica, Malus sylvestris Apr – May yellow white cultivated and ornamental very good
American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis Apr – May light olive feral
Plum Prunus spp. Apr – May light grey, grey ornamental and cultivated
Almond Prunus amygdalus Feb light brown to brown pollen cultivated mostly in California fair
Wild Cherry Prunus avium Apr – May yellow brown, light brown feral very good
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera light brown to brown feral fair
Sour Cherry Prunus cerasus Apr – May dark yellow ornamental and cultivated very good
Peach Prunus persica Apr – May reddish yellow ornamental and cultivated good
Black Cherry Prunus serotina Apr – May feral minor
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa feral good
Pear Pyrus communis Apr – May red yellow ornamental and cultivated good
Oak Quercus spp. May feral
Oak Quercus robur, Quercus pedunculata May light olive feral minor
Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia May – Jun feral
Blackberry Rubus spp. May – Jun light grey feral and cultivated
Raspberry Rubus idaeus May – Jun white grey feral and cultivated good
Willow Salix spp. Feb – Apr lemon feral good
White Willow Salix alba feral good
Goat Willow Salix caprea Mar – Apr feral very good
Violet Willow Salix daphnoides Mar – Apr feral very good
Pussy Willow Salix discolor Mar – Apr feral and ornamental
Basket Willow Salix purpurea Mar – Apr feral very good
Silky leaf osier, Smith’s Willow Salix x smithiana Apr – May very good
American mountain ash Sorbus americana May-Jun feral
American Elm Ulmus americana Feb – Apr light grey feral
Winged Elm Ulmus alata Feb – Mar pale yellow feral good
Europea field elm Ulmus americana feral good
Flowers and annual crop plants – Spring
Common name Latin name Blooming months Pollen colour Availability Source for honeybees
Ajuga (Bronze Bugle, Common Bugle) Ajuga reptans mid spring
Chives Allium schoenoprasum May – Sep cultivated?
Asparagus Asparagus officinalis May – Jun bright orange cultivated
Mustard Brassica arvenisi Apr – May lemon cultivated and feral
Canola Brassica napus May – Jun lemon extensively cultivated very good
Yellow Crocus Crocus vernus (syn.Crocus aureus) April orange yellow feral and ornamental fair
Leopard’s Bane Doronicum cordatum Apr – May
Winter aconite Eranthis hyemalis Mar – Apr yellow feral and ornamental good
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Mar – Apr orange, red fair
Henbit Lamium amplexicaule April orange red, red, purplish red Apr – Jul poor
White Sweet Clover Melilotus alba May – Aug yellow to dark yellow feral and cultivated good
Yellow Sweet Clover Melilotus officinalis May – Aug yellow to dark yellow feral and cultivated
Sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia May – Jul yellow brown very good
Siberian squill Scilla sibirica Mar – Apr steel blue feral and ornamental good
White mustard Sinapis alba June lemon feral and cultivated good
Chick weed Stellaria media Apr – Jul yellowish feral minor
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Apr – May red yellow, orange feral very good
Flowers and annual crop plants – Spring
Common name Latin name Blooming months Pollen colour Availability Source for honeybees
Ajuga (Bronze Bugle, Common Bugle) Ajuga reptans mid spring
Chives Allium schoenoprasum May – Sep cultivated?
Asparagus Asparagus officinalis May – Jun bright orange cultivated
Mustard Brassica arvenisi Apr – May lemon cultivated and feral
Canola Brassica napus May – Jun lemon extensively cultivated very good
Yellow Crocus Crocus vernus (syn.Crocus aureus) April orange yellow feral and ornamental fair
Leopard’s Bane Doronicum cordatum Apr – May
Winter aconite Eranthis hyemalis Mar – Apr yellow feral and ornamental good
Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Mar – Apr orange, red fair
Henbit Lamium amplexicaule April orange red, red, purplish red Apr – Jul poor
White Sweet Clover Melilotus alba May – Aug yellow to dark yellow feral and cultivated good
Yellow Sweet Clover Melilotus officinalis May – Aug yellow to dark yellow feral and cultivated
Sainfoin Onobrychis viciifolia May – Jul yellow brown very good
Siberian squill Scilla sibirica Mar – Apr steel blue feral and ornamental good
White mustard Sinapis alba June lemon feral and cultivated good
Chick weed Stellaria media Apr – Jul yellowish feral minor
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Apr – May red yellow, orange feral very good
Trees and shrubs – Summer
Common name Latin name Blooming months Pollen colour Availability Source for honeybees
Red Horse chestnut Aesculus carnea raisin [3] feral
Horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum May – Jun anatolia [3] feral good
Southern Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides Jun – Jul ornamental fair
Northern Catalpa Catalpa speciosa Jun – Jul ornamental
Bluebeard Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Heavenly Blue’ Aug – Sep very good
Virginia creeper Parthenocissus quinquefolia Jul – Aug good
Boston Ivy ‘Veitchii’ Parthenocissus tricuspidata ‘Veitchii’ Jun – Jul good
Sumac Rhus glabra Jun – Jul
Elder Sambucus canadensis Jun – Jul canary yellow [3]
Basswood or American Linden Tilia americana Jun – Jul yellow to light orange feral and ornamental
Little Leaf Linden Tilia cordata citrine [3] feral
Blueberry Vaccínium myrtíllus Jun red yellow, orange cultivated poor
Flowers and annual crop plants – Summer
Common name Latin name Blooming months Pollen colour Availability Source for honeybees
Allium Allium spp. feral and cultivated
Onion Allium cepa light olive cultivated
Chives Allium schoenoprasum May – Sep feral and cultivated
Garlic chives Allium tuberosa Aug – Sep feral and cultivated
Leadwort syn. Indigobush Amorpha fruticosa Jun – Jul ornamental?
Aster Aster spp. Sep-Frost reddish yellow feral and ornamental
Land-in-blue, Bushy Aster Aster x dumosus Aug – Sep bronze yellow[3] feral
Borage Borago officinalis Jun – Frost ornamental
Marigold Calendula officinalis Jun – Sep
Heather Calluna vulgaris Jul – Aug good
Hemp Cannabis sativa Aug yellow green good source
Blue Thistle Carduus spp.
Star thistle Centaurea spp. Jul – Sep
Persian centaurea Centaurea dealbata hemp [3]
Knapweed Centaurea macrocephala Jul – Aug good
Knapweed Centaurea nigra very light olive
Chicory Cichorium intybus L. white
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster spp. good
Cucumber Cucumis spp. pale yellow cultivated
Melons Cucumis melo Jun-Frost pale yellow cultivated
Pumpkin Cucurbita pepo Jun-Frost bright yellow cultivated
Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium Jul – Aug blue feral
Joe-Pye weed, Bluestem Eutrochium spp.;Eupatorium purpureum Aug – Sep bistre green
Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum Jul – Aug light yellow to light green cultivated good source
Blue vine Gonolobus laevis syn.Cynanchum laeve
Sunflower Helianthus annuus Jun – Sep golden feral and cultivated
Jewelweed Impatients capensis yellowish white
Alyssum Lobularia maritima Jun – Sep
Mallow Malva alcea Jun – Sep
Alfalfa Medicago sativa July – Aug khaki [3] feral and cultivated
Clover Melilotus spp. andTrifolium spp. May – Aug feral and cultivated
White Sweet Clover Melilotus alba auburn [3] feral and cultivated
Yellow Sweet Clover Melilotus officinalis auburn [3] feral and cultivated
Basil Ocimum basilicum ornamental
Poppy Papaver somniverum May – Jun grey feral and ornamental very good source
Smartweed Polygonum spp. Aug – Sep
Chickweed Stellaria media Apr – Jul minor source
Germander Teucrium chamaedrys Jul – Aug
Alsike Clover Trifolium hybridum yellow brown good source
Crimson Clover Trifolium incarnatum dark brown
White Clover Trifolium repens Jun – Jul caledonian brown good source
Cat-tail Typha latifolia Jun – Jul
Common vetch Vicia cracca Jul – Aug
Spring Vetch Vicia sativa Jul – Aug
Sweet Corn Zea mays Jun – Jul yellowish white cultivated
Trees and shrubs – Autumn
Common name Latin name Blooming months Pollen colour Availability Source for honeybees
Chinese Elm, Lacebark Elm Ulmus parvifolia Aug – Sep ornamental good
Flowers and annual crop plants – Autumn
Common name Latin name Blooming months Pollen colour Availability Source for honeybees
Aster Aster spp. Sep-Frost reddish yellow
Borage Borago officinalis Jun – Frost
Melons Cucumis melo Jun-Frost cultivated
Sweet autumn clematis Clematis ternifolia late Sept white ornamental
Pumpkin Cucurbita pepo Jun-Frost bright yellow cultivated
Ivy Hedera spp. Sep – Oct dull yellow or black? ornamental
Goldenrod Solidago spp. Sep – Oct golden feral