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Morphometric Studies on Dwarf Honey Bee Apis Florea F. Workers in Saudi Arabia

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|May 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2014-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
Language: English
Page range: 127 - 134
Submitted on: Sep 26, 2013
Accepted on: Apr 16, 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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