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Balling Behavior of Workers Toward Honey Bee Queens Returning from Mating Flights

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|Dec 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2018-0023 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
Language: English
Page range: 247 - 256
Submitted on: Apr 19, 2018
Accepted on: Oct 30, 2018
Published on: Dec 24, 2018
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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