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Bee Pollen Through the Microscope

Newfoundland Bee Pollen

This is the pollen found in the packets of the first row of Tuck's Bees Pollen from Newfoundland, Canada. It is mounted in a medium with a refractive index of 1.67. This is at high focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

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

Significance in the Environment:

Characteristic Features:

Associated Particles:

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