METRIC · POLLINATION
Pollen Diversity (PLD)
Breadth of floral sources in a colony's pollen intake, a key indicator of nutritional resilience.
PollinationUnit: indexWeekly
Formula
Shannon diversity of pollen taxa identified in trapped pollen loads over the sampling window.
Thresholds & Bands
| Band | Range | State |
|---|---|---|
| Diverse | ≥ 2.5 | ok |
| Narrow | 1.5-2.5 | warn |
| Monofloral | < 1.5 | crit |