Dogwood pollen

Cornus sanguinea

Pale creamy yellow, in the cream / white range.

FloweringJune to July

PollenFair

NectarFair

SeasonSummer

WhereHedgerow, Woodland, Garden

A useful hedgerow filler once the may blossom has gone over.

Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) in flower — Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons

Easy to mistake for these

Closest pollen colours in our set, measured the same way the pollen identifier scores a match. Colour alone will not settle it, so check the flowering months and what is actually growing near your hives.

GooseberryMarch to May BluebellApril to May RosemaryMarch to May CotoneasterMay to June YewFebruary to April

Confused with in the field

Noted by name in our own records, rather than worked out from the colour.

ElderPale greyish yellow

Out at about the same time

BorageBlue grey BrambleGreenish grey Californian poppyBright orange Common limeYellow to greenish ElderPale greyish yellow Evening primroseBright lemon yellow

Saw a load like this going in?

Sample the colour against all 89 plants, then keep a forage record per hive.

Pollen identifier