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Bee Pollen Through the Microscope

Bee Pollen

This is a collection of the pollen types in the pollen packets of the seventh row collected near Palleau, France. The lower group of grains are Brassica species pollens. The upper right grain is dandelion (Taraxacum officinale). this is at high focus.

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Definition/Function:

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