>>> So -- cheap DNA analysis may be the best approach to ID'ing honey samples
<><><> Even with the above analysis available it still might bee too expensive for we beekeepers who have limited financial resources available to expend towards analysis of honey samples. A club available centrifuge and microscope and limited training on pollen analysis along with a phamplet of common samples of pollen present in local honey. As an example, I move my bees to a location where there is a high Ti Ti tree population. But.... I would still like a corroboration that the honey I've produced in that area in that time period is predominately Ti Ti. The same goes for Tupelo honey that I produce. I have lost over half my sense of smell and I'm not sure of my ability to taste differences in honey so I'd like a pollen substantiation of my honey sources. I have a biology background and am capable of performing simple pollen extraction and microscopic analysis of extracted pollen samples. I just need the equipment. BTW, anybody have a binocular microscope for sale at a not too expensive price, I'd bee interested.
Mike in LA
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