A pollen recognition tool, based upon the ARGUS image processing works
tation, is being developed at Raster Ltd (Hungary). This tool is to be
used for identifying and counting pollen in honey smears. These steps
of the standard honey-qualification procedure are rather time-consumi
ng and, if done by humans, are partially subjective. For the given app
lication the ARGUS image processing system is equipped with and interf
aced to a robot microscope. The requirements and the basic design conc
epts of this pollen recognition tool are presented. Some aspects of th
e methodology used are also discussed.