Honeybees, Pollinator study.
Nathan Lange (Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:54:10 PST)
Kipp,
This is interesting because I have never seen bees collect pollen
from Amaryllis belladonna flowers although they always go after the
fragrant nectar. Honey bees seem generally unfamiliar with A.
belladonna flowers since they land randomly on both the inside and
outside of the flowers and frequently on my hands if I'm emasculating
or hand pollinating flowers. As I recall, Boophone flowers are not
fragrant. Correct?
This source states that honey produced from Aesculus californica
flowers is not poisonous to humans:
http://ucanr.edu/sites/scmg/…
However, these sources state that honey produced from A. californica
flowers is poisonous to humans:
http://research.vet.upenn.edu/PoisonousPlantsofPA/…
http://fs.fed.us/database/feis/…
Nathan
The most vivid case of meticulous pollenectomy has been performed by
honeybees on every one of hundreds of flowers of Boophone disticha
for two seasons now. I have to pollinate in the early morning and
hope a few anthers have ripened over night because all the pollen is
gone from every ripe anther by the afternoon/evening when I get home.
-|<ipp
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