White Pollen Mystery
Some may remember that I blogged about some of our bees coming back to the hive with white pollen and wondering where it was coming from. Well, Michele may have the answer:
If you look on the bottom flower here you can clearly see someone has left behind a trail of while pollen. :) This is ipomoea purpurea or common morning glory. Bindweed, a member of the same family that has smaller white flowers and grows tenatiously also appears to have white pollen. Both are hard in zones 3-8. This picture is from my yard. Here in my neighborhood they are everywhere.Thanks, Michele!
Labels: beekeeping, bees
posted by birdchick at 6:51 AM
7 Comments:
You know, I have that same variety of MoGlo and I can't photograph it without the color just overwhelming the camera. I see you had the same problem! How do you fix that, I wonder?
For anyone without gardening acumen, that should be "Both are *hardy* in zones 3-8."
Sorry, Sharon. I couldn't help myself. Bad editor, bad!
For goodness sakes! I would never have guessed that. Good eyes, spotting the tiny pollen trail.
BTW, I'm so glad you've got a Livejournal RSS feed now! Much easier to keep up.
So I guess that was the story - Morning Glory?
teucer,
That's the word, Hummingbird.
Amy,
where would my blog be without your mad editin' skillz?
You are welcome, and yes Amy, I lost my "y" ;)
That's Grandpa Ott, an heirloom variety recently resurrected.
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