We describe methods for collecting corbicular pollen from honey bees as well as protocols for color sorting, acetolysis, and microscope slide preparation of pollen for taxonomic identification. In addition, we present pellet color and taxonomic diversity of corbicular pollen collected from five cropping systems using pollen traps.
Topitzhofer, E., Lucas, H., Carlson, E., Chakrabarti, P., Sagili, R. Collection and Identification of Pollen from Honey Bee Colonies. J. Vis. Exp. (167), e62064, doi:10.3791/62064 (2021).