Resources

Below are links to download a series of documents that amateur microscopists may find of value. Most have been produced by 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)