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The Proteolytic Activity of Diapausing and Newly Hatched Red Mason Bees (Osmia Rufa: Megachilidae) Cover

The Proteolytic Activity of Diapausing and Newly Hatched Red Mason Bees (Osmia Rufa: Megachilidae)

Journal of Apicultural Science
Volume 58 (2014): Issue 1 (June 2014)
By: Ewa A. Zaobidna,  Kamila Dmochowska,  Regina Frączek,  Ewa Dymczyk and  Krystyna Żółtowska  
Open Access
|May 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2014-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
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Language: English
Page range: 85 - 91
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2013
Accepted on: Apr 24, 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:
diapause,
Osmia rufa,
proteolytic enzymes,
solitary bees
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other,
Zoology

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