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Hygienic Behaviour of Honeybee Colonies with Different Levels of Polyandry and Genotypic Composition

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2015-0020 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
Language: English
Page range: 107 - 113
Submitted on: Apr 28, 2015
Accepted on: Aug 3, 2015
Published on: Dec 9, 2015
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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