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Index of Subjects --bcaec517aefe09e974050217be19 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Ian McKay <ian@amimckay.com> wrote: > We keep a few hives here in Scots Bay. Over the past week or so the bees > have been returning with a very WHITE POLLEN. They are covered in it with= a > pronounced streak down their backs. This leads me to think that they are > crawling into a tubular blossom of some sort. I haven=E2=80=99t been able= to track > it down in my wanderings and it may be a woodland flower as some are > heading back into the woods. Any ideas as to what it could be, blooming > Late August/Early Sept? =E2=80=8BTurtleheads ! Certainly in bloom now. " This unique flower shape has evolved to suit the plant's pollinators, primarily large bees. The lower "lip" of the flower acts as a landing pad for the bees, while the upper hood of the flower not only guards the nectar from unsuitable pollinators, but also helps deliver pollen to the bees' fuzzy bodies as they push apart the petals in search of nectar. =E2=80=8B" --=20 Rick Ballard Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada --bcaec517aefe09e974050217be19 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">= On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Ian McKay <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D= "mailto:ian@amimckay.com" target=3D"_blank">ian@amimckay.com</a>></span>= wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-= left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">We keep a few hives here = in Scots Bay. Over the past week or so the bees=20 have been returning with a very WHITE POLLEN. They are covered in it with a= =20 pronounced streak down their backs. This leads me to think that they are=20 crawling into a tubular blossom of some sort. I haven=E2=80=99t been able t= o track it=20 down in my wanderings and it may be a woodland flower as some are heading b= ack=20 into the woods. Any ideas as to what it could be, blooming Late August/Earl= y=20 Sept?</blockquote></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-fami= ly:georgia,serif">=E2=80=8BTurtleheads ! Certainly in bloom now.<br><br>&qu= ot; This unique flower shape has evolved to suit the plant's pollinator= s,=20 primarily large bees. The lower "lip" of the flower acts as a lan= ding=20 pad for the bees, while the upper hood of the flower not only guards the nectar from unsuitable pollinators, but also helps deliver pollen to=20 the bees' fuzzy bodies as they push apart the petals in search of=20 nectar. =E2=80=8B"</div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><span style= =3D"font-family:georgia,serif">Rick Ballard </span><br style=3D"font-family= :georgia,serif"><span style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">Dartmouth,Nova Sc= otia, Canada </span><br style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"> <span style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"></span> </div></div> --bcaec517aefe09e974050217be19--
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