Purple Pollen

Check out this bright purple pollen being brought back to a hive by one of our bees. Does anyone know what flower it might have come from?

Purple Pollen

Purple Pollen

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  1. Avatar forComment Author Emily says:

    Poppy can be a purply-black colour, though the poppy pollen I’ve seen before has been darker than that. Hope you can find out what it is!

  2. Avatar forComment Author Alan says:

    I have found this photo though of a bee on a Mesembryanthemum… The colour of the pollen looks about right, but i don’t know if anyone has any of these flowers in their gardens locally.

    Mmm purple pollen - sweat bee in mesembryanthemum flower #2

    Al.

  3. Avatar forComment Author Emily says:

    Very pretty!

  4. Avatar forComment Author Anna says:

    Credit for the photo goes to Morgan by the way. He seems happier to take photos while we look at the bees than do much beekeeping himself!

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Alan Cole

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