By the way, I always use fresh pollen in the microwave. I have not had good results with dried or frozen pollen. Nhu On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 1:18 PM, David Pilling <david@pilling.demon.co.uk> wrote: > The drying paper says that microwaves cause a lot of damage, presumably by > making any water instantly boil and explode. If the pollen is already dry > there is not that effect. >