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Blueberry Pollen Under the Microscope

Blueberry Honey Pollen

This is a pollen from Washington State Blueberry Honey. The mounting medium is Shuremount with a refractive index of 1.49. This is at intermediate focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

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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