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Chemical Composition and Amounts of Mineral Elements in Honeybee-Collected Pollen in Relation to Botanical Origin

Journal of Apicultural Science
Volume 59 (2015): Issue 1 (June 2015)
By: El-Kazafy Abdou Taha  
Open Access
|May 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2015-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
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Language: English
Page range: 75 - 81
Submitted on: Aug 17, 2014
Accepted on: May 7, 2015
Published on: May 29, 2015
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
bee-pollen,
botanic origin,
chemical composition,
minerals
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Life sciences, other

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