Bee pollen chart

Created OnOctober 5, 2017

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Bee pollen chart

This pollen chart is a work in progress! We believe the data to be relatively accurate but please do your own observations/research as well.

We will continue to add to this chart over time. Some of the data was from an old printout I found from ABC Bees. We have added a lot more notes and species to this list. we have found it difficult to determine pollen colour unless we have the plant to look at ourselves.

An Excel file is available for download at the bottom of the page.

Legend:

HD = Honeydew
* = Good source
? = Not known

Pollen Colour	Flower Colour	Name	Scientific name	Nectar	Notes	Period of flowering, AB
Blue	Blue	Phacelia tenacetifolia		*		Late June - Early Oct
Brown	White	Clover, sweet white	Melilotus alba	Y	Non native	Late May - Mid October
Brown	Purple, dark	Figwort		*	?	Late June - Early Oct
Brown, dark	Red	Clover, red		Y	Trifolium hybridum is non native	Late June - Mid Oct
Brown, grayish	Pink	Marjoram		Y		Late Aug - Late Oct
Brown, light	White	Cherry, sweet/sour/wild		Y		Late April - Mid June
Brown, light	Orange, red	Honeysuckle		*		Late July - Early Oct
Brown, light	White	Plums		Y		Late Apr - Mid June
Brown, white	Blue	Cornflower (Bachelor button)		Y		Late July - Early Oct
Cream, greyish	White to pink	Bindweed (morning glory)		Y	Noxious weed	Late July - Mid Aug
Cream, brownish	Green-yellow	Yew		?		Late Feb - Mid April
Green	Purple	Loosestrife, purple		Y	Prohibited noxious weed	Late June - Mid October
Green, light	White	Crabapple		Y		Late April - Mid June
Green, light	Greenish-yellow	Currant, red		Y		Late April - Mid June
Green, light	Greenish-white	Gooseberry		?		Late April - Mid June
Green, light	Greenish-yellow	Maple, big leaf, ash leaf		*		Late March to Mid May
Green, yellow	Yellow catkins	Oak, white		HD		Late June - Mid October
Gray	White	Bean, lima		Y		Late June - Mid August
Gray	White	Blackberry		Y		Late May - Mid July
Gray	Green	Elm		N
Gray	Purple	Thistle, Canada		*	Non native \| Invasive	Mid July - Mid September
Gray, light	Greenish, yellow	Ash, mountain		?	Non native	Late May - Mid July
Gray, light	Blue	Borage	Borago officinalis	Y	Non native	Late June - Early September
Gray, light	Blue	Chicory		Y		Late July - Early November
Gray, light	Purple, blue	Knapweed	Centaurea spp. (10 Species)	Y	Prohibited noxious	Late July - Early November
Gray, light	White	Raspberries	Rubus spp. (idaeus ?)	Y	Native	Late May - Mid July
Gray, yellowish	Green catkins	Alder, mountain	Alnus tenuifolia	N		Late March - Mid June
Purple, dark	Red	Poppy, field		?		Late June - Mid August
Orange	Yellow	Asparagus	Asparagus officinalis	Y	Non native	Late June - Mid August
Orange	Blue/purple	Crocus	Anemone patens	Y	Native	Late March - Late May
Orange	Yellow	Dandelion	Taraxacum spp.	Y	Non native	Late April - Mid July
Orange	White	Snowdrop	Galanthus spp.	?	Non native	Late March - Mid May
Orange, golden	Orange, yellow	Poppy, California	Eschscholzia california	N	Non native	Late May - Mid September
Orange, red	Yellow	Mullein	Verbascum thapsus	Y	Noxious	Late June - Mid September
Red	Red, cream	Chestnut, horse	Aesculus hippocastanum	Y	Non native	Late May - Mid July
Red	Purple, blue	Silvery Lupin	Lupinus argenteus	Y	Native	Early May - Early July
Red	Purple	Arctic Lupin	Lupinus arcticus	Y	Native	Early May - Early July
Yellow	White, pink, red	Apple	Malus spp.	Y	Non native	Late April - Mid June
Yellow	Green catkins	Birch	Betula papyrifera	N	Native	Mid April - Mid May
Yellow	Yellow catkins	Broccoli, Cauliflower, cabbage	Brassica oleacea var.	Y	Non native	Late August - Early September
Yellow	White	Buckwheat	Fagopyrum esculentum	Y	Non native	Late July - Mid September
Yellow	White	Red Osier Dogwood	Cornus stolonifera	N	Native	Late May - Mid August
Yellow	White	Lilac		Y		Late May - Early July
Yellow	Cream	Plantain		N	Non native	Late April - Early September
Yellow	Green catkins	Trembling Aspen		N		Mid April - Mid June
Yellow	Yellow/Brown	Sunflower		Y		Late June - Early October
Yellow	Gray catkins	Willow, pussy	Salix discolor	Y	Native	Late February - Mid April
Yellow	Orange	Twining honeysuckle	Lonicera glaucescens		Native
Yellow, dark	Creamy white	Elder, mountain		Y		Late June - Mid August
Yellow, dark	Red, cream	Chestnut, sweet		Y		Late June - Mid August
Yellow, dark	Yellow catkins	Hazelnut		N		Late February - Mid April
	White	Bunchberry	Cornus canadensis		Native
	White	Canada Anemone	Anemone canadensis		Native
		Tartarian honeysuckle			Invasive
	Yellow	Golden bean	Thermopsis rhombifolia		Native
	Purple	Fireweed	Chamerion angustifolium		Native
	Yellow	Blanket Flower	Gaillardia aristata		Native
	White	White Heath Aster	Symphyotrichum ericoide		Native
	Purple	Cow Vetch	Vicia cracca		Non native \| Invasive
	Yellow	Giant Goldenrod	Solidago gigantea		Native
	Purple	Smooth Blue Aster	Symphyotrichum laeve		Native
	White	Oxeye Daisy	Leucanthemum vulgaris		Noxious
	Purple	American Harebell	Campanula rotundifolia		Native
	White	Yarrow	Achillea millefolium		Native
	Yellow	Shrubby Cinquefoil	Potentilla fruticosa	Y	Native \| Bees and butterflies
	Purple	Wild bergamot	Monardia fistulosa		Native
	White	Wild strawberry	Fragaria virginiana	Y	Native
	Yellow	Hairy False Goldenaster	Heterotheca villosa		Native
	Yellow and cream	Butter and eggs	Linaria vulgaris		Non native \| Invasive
	Yellow	Arnica	Arnica cordifolia		Native
	White	Smooth camus	Zigadenus elegans		Native
	Purple	Early blue violet	Viola adunca	Y	Native \| Butterfly nectar source
	Red	Red Paintbrush	Castilleja miniata		Native
	White/purple	Seneca Root	Polygala senega		Native
	Blue	Blue clematis	Clematis certicellis		Native
	Orange	Western Wood Lily	Lilium philadelphicum		Native
	Pink	Alberta Wild Rose	Rosa acicularis		Native
	Blue	Large flowered stickseed	Hakelia floribunda		Native
	White	Star-flowered Solomon's Seal	Maianthemum stellatum		Native
	Yellow	Heart Leaved Alexanders	Zizia aptera
	Blue	Alpine forgetmenot	Myositis asiatica		Native
	White	Serviceberry		Y	Native
		Raspberry
		Blackberry
		Elderberry
	Red	Bergamot, Bee Balm	Monarda didyma	Y	Hummingbirds
	Blue	Smooth blue beardtongue	Penstemon nitidus		Native

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Last Updated OnOctober 5, 2017

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