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Pollen from Washington State Honey Under the Microscope

Pollen from Western Washington State Honey

This is pollen found in a honey sample from Western Washington State Blackberry Honey. The upper pollen grain is Blackberry pollen. This is at equitorial focus.

Transmitted Brightfield Illumination

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KINGDOM: Plantae ORDER: FAMILY: 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