Is there a difference between bee and pollen? About bee pollen (pollen)

Bee pollen looks like multi-colored (usually yellow) lumps, as if glued to the legs of an insect near the abdomen.

After the bee crawls through the holes of the special pollen trap, the lumps fall into a special tray. From here they are collected for further drying and storage.

About color

The foothills are collected in hives throughout the entire beekeeping season, from early spring to late autumn. At the same time, the intensity of collection is periodic: it becomes stronger, then noticeably weaker. This is due to the food supply in the area of ​​the apiary – that is, the varieties of melliferous plants growing nearby, the time and duration of their flowering.

Moreover, bees rarely visit wind-pollinated grasses, shrubs, trees. Therefore, the main peak of pollen collection falls in the first half of summer, when gardens, wild meadows and fields bloom en masse, requiring active pollination by insects.

Depending on the mass flowering of a particular culture, the species composition of the pollen also changes. It may look almost uniform, with a distinct coloration.

By the color of the foot, respectively, you can determine the type of plant from which it was obtained.

For example, green bee pollen (in different shades!) Can be obtained from both walnuts and linden.

Below are the characteristics by color:

  • yellow-brown – cherry, plum, apricot;
  • light brown – ordinary cherry;
  • brown – meadow chamomile, white clover, sainfoin;
  • chocolate – red clover;
  • white – veronica;
  • gray-white – plantain, raspberry, Tatar maple;
  • dirty gray – alfalfa;
  • green – ivan tea;
  • light green – pear, linden;
  • golden yellow – yellow sweet clover;
  • yellow-green – walnut;
  • lemon yellow – white mustard, rapeseed;
  • yellow-green – oak;
  • bright yellow – Tatar honeysuckle;
  • dark yellow – holly maple;
  • grayish yellow – maple, sycamore;
  • golden yellow – sunflower;
  • dirty yellow – apple tree;
  • pale yellow – radish;
  • light yellow – willow;
  • blue – phacelia;
  • dark blue – ordinary bruise;
  • orange – medicinal thistle;
  • dark red – common chestnut;
  • burgundy – common chestnut.

Benefit and harm

Bee pollen is a biologically active food supplement. Its reception in most cases benefits human health. A rare exception is allergy both to the pollen grains themselves and to bee products in general.

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