In a message dated 17/09/2007 19:52:41 GMT Standard Time,
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For pollen I think the logical thing would be to collect dropped
nuggets of pollen and examine them under a microscope. Each family of
plants should have a recognizable shape and size of pollen grain. A guide
with photos of various pollens would be helpful.
There are various guides to pollen identification ranging from Dorothy
Hodges' "The Pollen Loads of the Honeybee" through Rex Sawyer's "Pollen
Identification for Beekeepers" and " Honey Identification", which come with punch card
keys; to the CD ROM on pollen identification which is largely based on
Sawyer's pollen reference collection and which is available from the 'Bees for
Development' charity. I think you might find the latter the most useful. Google
Bees for Development.
Chris
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