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Bee Pollen Through the Microscope

Bee Pollen

The third row from Florence, Oregon Bee Pollen is almost all sunflower pollen with some dandelion pollen. It is one of the most uniform collections of pollen in these packets, as this image shows.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Rosids/Asterids ORDER: Asterales FAMILY: Asteraceae TRIBE: Heliantheae GENUS: SPECIES:

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References:

Faegri, Knut and Johs Iversen, TEXTBOOK OF POLLEN ANALYSIS, Hafner Publishing Company, 1964.

Kapp, Ronald O., HOW TO KNOW POLLEN AND SPORES, Wm. C. Brown Company, 1969.

Moore, P.D., J. A. Webb, and M. E. Collinson, POLLEN ANALYSIS, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1991