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Bee Pollen Through the Microscope

Bee Pollen

The pollen type on the right is the most common pollen in the pollen packets of the second row collected near Palleau, France. The pollen on the left is clover pollen. This is at equitorial focus.

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Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots / ORDER: FAMILY: TRIBE: GENUS: SPECIES:

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

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