Michaelmas daisy pollen

Aster spp.

Reddish yellow, in the orange range.

FloweringSeptember to October

PollenGood

NectarYes

SeasonAutumn

WhereGarden

Late garden nectar for the last of the foragers.

Michaelmas daisy (Aster spp.) in flower — Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, 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.

Californian poppyJune to September PearApril to May SnowdropJanuary to March LaburnumMay to June SunflowerJuly to September

Out at about the same time

IvyDull gold to greenish GoldenrodGolden Japanese knotweedPale olive cream LaurustinusGrey, sometimes with a greenish cast Creeping thistlePale creamy yellow Field scabiousDark brick orange-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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