Yew pollen

Taxus baccata

Pale creamy yellow, in the cream / white range.

FloweringFebruary to April

PollenFair

NectarNone

SeasonWinter, Spring

WhereWoodland, Garden, Hedgerow

No nectar here, but the bees will glean its pale pollen when little else is about.

Yew (Taxus baccata) in flower — Photo: Unknown (no author listed on Commons), Public domain. 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.

Globe thistleJuly to September RosemaryMarch to May CotoneasterMay to June False acaciaMay to June SnowberryJune to September

Confused with in the field

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

HazelPale sulphur yellow

Out at about the same time

AlderGreenish yellow to olive ColtsfootDeep golden yellow CrocusOrange to orange yellow ElmPale greenish grey Winter aconiteDeep yellow BlackthornCreamy tan

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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