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Body-Surface Compounds in Buckfast and Caucasian Honey Bee Workers (Apis Mellifera)

Journal of Apicultural Science
Volume 58 (2014): Issue 1 (June 2014)
By: Aneta Strachecka,  Grzegorz Borsuk,  Jerzy Paleolog,  Krzysztof Olszewski,  Milena Bajda and  Jacek Chobotow  
Open Access
|May 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2014-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
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Language: English
Page range: 5 - 15
Submitted on: Nov 26, 2012
Accepted on: Feb 21, 2014
Published on: May 27, 2014
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Apis mellifera,
chromatography (GC/MS ),
cuticle surface,
lipid,
protein,
proteolysis
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Life sciences, other

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