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Bee Pollen Through the Microscope

Bee Pollen

This is one of the pollen types in the pollen packets of the ninth row collected near Palleau, France. This is Castanea sativa pollen at equitorial focus.

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Definition/Function:

KINGDOM: Plantae /Angiosperms /Eudicots /Rosids ORDER: Fagales FAMILY: Fagaceae GENUS: Castanea SPECIES: sativa

Significance in the Environment:

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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