Pankaj: we used to get rose honey from konkan when i was a child...in india
in usa grocery stores sell clover honey, orange flower honey, mesquite honey, rosemary honey... as available locally... and many others that i dont/didnt buy because i am allergic to the pollen there in... AND WHAT A CO-INCIDENCE...only yesterday I was reviewing a technique for isolating old... very old Pollen grains from rocks for Paleo- palnology... pollens stuck in mud that turned to stone and rocks over the eons... its just an armchair research because in Kolkata we dont even have a good organized effort to count or type the pollen in this highly polluted air that we breath... all respiratory ailments and conjunctivitis are chalked up by doctors/health department officials to virus !!!! not to air pollutants, particles and pollen... ( not discounting virus, but they are not the culprits in 100% of the cases). usha di ====== On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 4:23 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > There is a very lesser known branch of botany called, > Melissopalynology. It is basically the study of pollen in honey. > Not much people are interested in it now a days but it has a very wise > and wide implication. It can be assumed that pollen of the plant will > contain medicinal properties, so if you place a box for of beehive or > better say if you rear bee in a citrus farm then the honey will > contain some medicinal properties of the same.... > > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting Pankaj ji.I wish someday I get to see a live video of these > > lovely Bees working and collecting these things. I love bees and also the > > buzz > > Regards > > Bhagyashri > > > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> I didnt read the article yet so I have no idea what is it about. > >> Just wanted to tell you that Bees dont just collect nectar. It > >> collects, waxs and resins with the help of which it makes hive. > >> There are many orchids which have proper wax and resin secretions on > >> the labellum and then there are few orchids which have wax and resin > >> deceit. Deceit in the sense, it looks like resins but its not actually > >> resin. > >> Pankaj > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > Thank you Giby ji for this interesting paper on Pollination. > >> > I learn the busy bee carries out the work of Pollination and the > >> > butterfly > >> > just wants the nectar!!. The three phases are so well described > >> > Also it was interestiing to know that Adulsa is in use for the last > >> > 2000 > >> > years > >> > I will see if I can get to see some fruits on the plant. Let us see > how > >> > busy > >> > the bee gets!! > >> > Regards > >> > Bhagyashri > >> > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Giby Kuriakose > >> > <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> I hope the attached paper by Prof Shivanna would be interesting for > >> >> most > >> >> of us in connection with this thread. > >> >> > >> >> Regards, > >> >> Giby > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On 22 October 2011 17:39, Madhuri Raut <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> Request for validation > >> >>> > >> >>> Is it Adulsa plant? > >> >>> > >> >>> Date/Time- Sep and Oct 2011 > >> >>> > >> >>> Location- Place, Altitude, GPS-Pune > >> >>> > >> >>> Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type-Private garden > >> >>> > >> >>> Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Shrub > >> >>> > >> >>> Height/Length- about 6 ft > >> >>> > >> >>> Leaves Type/ Shape/ Size- green > >> >>> > >> >>> Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts- buds looked green and almost > >> >>> after a > >> >>> month these white flowers appeared > >> >>> > >> >>> Fruits Type/ Shape/ Size Seeds- Not seen > >> >>> > >> >>> Regards > >> >>> > >> >>> Bhagyashri > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > >> >> Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > >> >> Royal Enclave, > >> >> Jakkur Post, Srirampura > >> >> Bangalore- 560064 > >> >> India > >> >> Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > >> >> visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ********************************************************************** > >> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > >> > >> > >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >> Conservation Officer > >> > >> Office: > >> Flora Conservation Department > >> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > >> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > >> > >> Residence: > >> 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun > >> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > >> > >> email: [email protected] > >> [email protected] > >> [email protected] > >> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) > >> +852 9436 6251 (mobile) > > > > > > > > -- > ********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) > +852 9436 6251 (mobile) >
