Does pollen make honey?
No. Bees make honey from Nectar – the juice of the plant. Pollen is the ‘sticky dust’ on the flower which is brushed off as the bee passes from flower to flower (pollination) – these gather on her legs as little pellets/granules (sacks) and the co lour varies from orange to yellow, black to purple, green to brown…. As the flowers are all different. Pollen gathering by the bee is intentional. She goes from plant to plant gathering the pollen in her mouth, then compacts it and puts the pollen onto her legs thus making pollen balls which are very visible as she flies back to her hive.
