Meadowsweet pollen

Filipendula ulmaria

Greenish cream, in the cream / white range.

FloweringJune to August

PollenFair

NectarNone

SeasonSummer

WhereWaterside, Waste and verge

Damp meadows and ditches. Pollen only, but freely worked.

Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) in flower — Photo: AnRo0002, CC0. 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.

KnapweedJune to September Japanese knotweedAugust to October AppleApril to May HelleboreJanuary to April BluebellApril to May

Out at about the same time

BorageBlue grey BrambleGreenish grey Californian poppyBright orange Common limeYellow to greenish DogwoodPale creamy yellow ElderPale greyish yellow

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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