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Purifying pollen

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Dried anthers and pollen are vacuumed up into a cyclone separator. A spinning stream of air separates the fine pollen from the larger particles of the anthers. Pollen from the cyclone separator is filtered to remove the last of the impurities.

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Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
Published: 3 December 2016
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