Laburnum pollen

Laburnum anagyroides

Brick orange, in the orange range.

FloweringMay to June

PollenFair

NectarFair

SeasonSpring, Summer

WhereGarden, Hedgerow

Every part is poisonous, yet the bees take its pollen without any bother.

Laburnum (Laburnum anagyroides) in flower — Photo: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0. 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.

PearApril to May Michaelmas daisySeptember to October Californian poppyJune to September SnowdropJanuary to March Red deadnettleMarch to October

Confused with in the field

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

GorsePale lemon

Out at about the same time

ComfreyDull pale yellow CotoneasterDull pale cream False acaciaPale creamy white HawthornYellow brown HollyMuted pale yellow Horse chestnutBrick to rusty red

Saw a load like this going in?

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

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