sharing our knowledge.
Photographic gallery.  Thousands of particles under the microscope.
Bee Pollen Through the Microscope

Newfoundland Bee Pollen

This is the pollen found in the packets of the third 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 equitorial focus. This is White Clover, Trifolium repens.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Rosids ORDER: Fabales FAMILY: Fabaceae SUBFAMILY: Faboideae GENUS: Trifoium SPECIES: repens

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