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The Effect of Open Brood and Colony Strength on the Onset of Oviposition by Queen Bees Cover

The Effect of Open Brood and Colony Strength on the Onset of Oviposition by Queen Bees

By: Jakub Gąbka and  Jerzy Woyke  
Open Access
|May 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2014-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
Language: English
Page range: 69 - 73
Submitted on: Apr 3, 2013
Accepted on: Mar 3, 2014
Published on: May 27, 2014
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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