Honey Pollen Analysis

[@gregsmit3829]

Your work is amazing. Thank you for taking the time to share so much with us!

[@etiennetardif6552]

Quick correction: Male willow catkin flowers do produce pollen and nectar. I was thinking about alders when I spoke in the video!!

[@beekeepersguideforpollenid5194]

Nice work Etienne! In addition to identifying the nectar sources of the honey, melissopalynology also helps the beekeeper to identify accurately the time of the nectar flow which is the blooming time of the dominant plants that are detected in the honey, so that the beekeeper can manage his schedule to prepare his hive for receiving the nectar flow

[@etiennetardif6552]

Your book was very helpful!!

[@darocha6868]

Nice work, thanks for sharing.

[@thenewbeejournal]

Remarkable work Etienne, thank you

[@LittleHoneyMan]

Hi Etienne, thank you so much for your very detailed video. May I ask what digital microscope are you using and how many pixel? I heard 2mp is good enough as higher pixel doesn't make much difference. Is that true? Thanks in advance.

[@etiennetardif6552]

I read the same, but I bought this before knowing that. I am using 40X-2500X M837L Series Trinocular LED Microscope w/ Phase-Contrast Turret + 18MP USB 3.0 Digital Camera,

[@edwardhill1935]

Excellent video. do you have a recipe for your dye.

[@Lbfarmsllc]

Very interesting, thank you.

[@amrasabdula35]

hello! i’m currently conducting a research on melissopalynology as my undergraduate thesis. i was wondering if i could request a copy of your spreadsheet because it seemed very helpful. thank you so much!

[@etiennetardif6552]

Here you go: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12yBvFrHSpqQmaohNPqtE-1nVGVx_-6er/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=104172123600853119344&rtpof=true&sd=true

[@Reee_in]

Nice work! What program did you use for the microscope? or any special camera with special measurement program? Thank you

[@etiennetardif6552]

It’s called Toupview. It came with the digital camera that came with the microscope

[@Reee_in]

@@etiennetardif6552 I see. Thanks. For the reference, did you use the same techniques? And another thing...why analyze the pollen from the honey, not from the bee bread? I wanna know more about the technicality...hope to see more videos like this.

[@etiennetardif6552]

@@Reee_in I was focused on understanding honey drive.google.com/file/d/1Sc9qTC0EJHtNwVb-5GpV5evow-xmay34/view?usp=share_link

[@etiennetardif6552]

@@Reee_in I also created myself a pollen reference library from my local flowers

[@Reee_in]

@@etiennetardif6552 Thank you so much for sharing your valuable knowledge!

[@edwardhill1935]

I've watched this a number of times now, your pollen excel sheet is very good are you using IF formulas for some of the cells and is it difficult to set this up

[@etiennetardif6552]

send me an email and I will send you a link to a copy of my spreadsheet so you have a reference.

[@thesloppyscientist4428]

You are a mad lad.

[@thesloppyscientist4428]

If you looked up mad lad in the dictionary you would see a picture of etienne and his spreadsheets 😆

[@ラツト-i2u]

I am a university student in japan and am conducting research on bee pollen. Your video was very helpful. I would like to use your pollen excel sheet it as a reference. If possible, could I receive the excel data?

[@etiennetardif6552]

No problem, here is the link docs.google.com/file/d/12yBvFrHSpqQmaohNPqtE-1nVGVx_-6er/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msexcel

[@ラツト-i2u]

Thank you in advance for your help.

[@nounounobl8105]

Nice work! I'm a PHD student i work in this field , can you please send me the pollen and honeydew refrences

[@andreas9953]

whats the recipe for the dye?

[@etiennetardif6552]

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