Pollen Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/pollen/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 17 Sep 2020 08:55:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Pollen Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/pollen/ 32 32 2696646 Purple Pollen https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/07/purple-pollen/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/07/purple-pollen/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:10:59 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=10693 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?

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