Amazonite. Honeybee, Apis mellifera, on Hydrangea villosa, Rough Leaf Hydrangea, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Yes! I think Bee's pollen clump has the blue-green color of amazonite. In fact, that's the color of the pollen of the flowers of this Hydrangea. Bees store the various pollens they collect not haphazardly but in cells that are color specific. How exactly they do this has not yet been discovered. But if you look in a beehive you'll see pollen 'silos' devoted to segregated colors. Pollen provides bees with all kinds of nutrients and more importantly it's a main source of antioxidants that help stem the breakdown of Bee's tissues. I understand that pollen of this amazonite color contains flavonoids that are especially useful antioxidants.
Amazonite. Honeybee, Apis mellifera, on Hydrangea villosa, Rough Leaf Hydrangea, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Yes! I think Bee's pollen clump has the blue-green color of amazonite. In fact, that's the color of the pollen of the flowers of this Hydrangea. Bees store the various pollens they collect not haphazardly but in cells that are color specific. How exactly they do this has not yet been discovered. But if you look in a beehive you'll see pollen 'silos' devoted to segregated colors. Pollen provides bees with all kinds of nutrients and more importantly it's a main source of antioxidants that help stem the breakdown of Bee's tissues. I understand that pollen of this amazonite color contains flavonoids that are especially useful antioxidants.