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Bee Pollen Through the Microscope

Newfoundland Bee Pollen

This is the pollen found in the packets of the second row of Tuck's Bees Pollen from Newfoundland, Canada. It is mounted in a medium with a refractive index of 1.49. This is at high focus. This may be Bog Cotton, Eriophorum angustifolium.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Monocots /Commelinids ORDER: Poales FAMILY: Cyperaceae TRIBE: GENUS: Eriophorum SPECIES: angustifolium

Significance in the Environment:

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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