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Characteristics of Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera Carnica, Pollman 1879) Queens Reared in Slovenian Commercial Breeding Stations Cover

Characteristics of Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera Carnica, Pollman 1879) Queens Reared in Slovenian Commercial Breeding Stations

Journal of Apicultural Science
Volume 59 (2015): Issue 2 (December 2015)
By: Aleš Gregorc and  Maja I. Smodiš Škerl  
Open Access
|Dec 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2015-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
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Language: English
Page range: 5 - 12
Submitted on: Apr 10, 2014
Accepted on: May 14, 2015
Published on: Dec 9, 2015
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
bee virus,
Nosema spp.,
ovariole,
ovary,
queen rearing,
spermatheca
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Life sciences, other

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