Bee preferences for floral resources
There were six morphotypes identified in both the pollen pellet and resource survey data (Table 2). These included Apiaceae,Asteraceae_Lophate, Asteraceae_Spines, Fabaceae_Tricolporate,Lotus corniculatus , and Trifolium pratense . In addition,Monarda fistulosa and Poaceae were present in both data sets, but only once and were therefore not included in the analyses. Analyzing preference over all morphotypes provided marginal significance for bumble bees, but was not statistically significant for honey bees (Table 5). Analyses of individual pollen morphotypes revealed that bumble bees preferred Fabaceae_Tricolporate, and avoided Apiaceae, while there were no preferences detected for honey bees (Table 5; Fig. 4).