Resources

Below are links to download a series of documents that amateur microscopists may find of value. Most have been produced by Anglian & Iceni members and are for personal use only. Click on the document name to open it in a new window.

Article on Braula coeca by Peter Sunderland
Slide Making & Ringing by Jeremy Quinlan  
Article on the use of LOCA (Liquid Optically Clear Adhesive) as a mountant - by Gordon Brown   Making Microtools (Part 1) - by Andy Johnston
Making Microtools (Part 2) - by Andy Johnston
Staining Insect Wings - by Andy Johnston
Gram Staining - by Steve Durr
Diatoms - by Chris Adams
Preparation of Dry Mounts of Insects - Lewis Woolnough
Fungi - Lewis Woolnough
Microscopical Examination of Yeast - Lewis Woolnough 
Mounting Fungal Material in Lactophenol - Lewis Woolnough  
Gram Staining Technique Applied to Yeast - Lewis Woolnough    
Making a Microscope Slide of Pollen Grains - Lewis Woolnough  
Theory of sedimentation and centrifugation - Peter Clarke  
Ringing a microscope slide - Peter Clarke  
Preparation of pollen slides for the B.B.K.A. Microscopy Examination - Lewis Woolnough  
Beck Photomicrography Bench - Gordon Brown
Melissopalynology - John Rhodes
Microtomes - Gordon Brown
Worker Bee dissection - Peter Sunderland
Making a Patch Stop - Lewis Woolnough
Quantifying Nosema Infection - Peter Sunderland
Microtomy - Jeremy Quinlan
Embedding, sectioning, staining etc - Peter Sunderland
Staining Plant Sections - Lajos Winkler  
Procedure for mounting mites - Graham Matthews (section on Loca added by Gordon Brown)