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All 89 bee plants

Rockrose pollen

Helianthemum nummularium

Bright yellow, in the yellow range.

FloweringJune to August
PollenFair
NectarNone
SeasonSummer
WhereMoor and heath, Waste and verge

Low growing on limestone grassland. Pollen only.

Rockrose (Helianthemum nummularium) in flower
Photo: Tigerente, 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.

Out at about the same time

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