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Title: Pollen? being brought in.
Post by: Vance G on March 26, 2013, 06:34:49 pm

It is a new one on me or I don't remember it, but a semiglossy grey substance not in balls but irregular elongated chunks coming in in the pollen baskets.  Does this ring a bell for some early spring tree pollen?  Or have my bees found a new and exciting form of toxic waste?  I saw no other colors of pollen and frankly I didn't expect to find any.  Just not time yet here.  Thanks for any ideas of source. 

Title: Re: Pollen? being brought in.
Post by: bailey on March 26, 2013, 07:00:00 pm

You sure it's not prophilis?   

Title: Re: Pollen? being brought in.
Post by: Vance G on March 26, 2013, 08:40:39 pm

Nothing for propolis that I have ever seen.  I thought of fowl droppings to aluminun flashing goop on roofs.  The silver  blackjack could be a possibility I guess.  A lot of it was being brought in. 

Title: Re: Pollen? being brought in.
Post by: nietssemaj on March 31, 2013, 04:36:03 pm

Plum, Elm, Blackberry and Raspberries have grey/bluish pollen. 50% of what my bee's are currently bringing in is grey/blue in color right now.

Title: Re: Pollen? being brought in.
Post by: riverrat on March 31, 2013, 04:42:58 pm

heres a good link to a pollen guide  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollen_source)

Title: Re: Pollen? being brought in.
Post by: PLAN-B on March 31, 2013, 05:09:39 pm

I also have a ton of greyish color pollen coming in right now...

Title: Re: Pollen? being brought in.
Post by: sc-bee on March 31, 2013, 09:14:10 pm

For me the grey is elm and red maple