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Comparison of Different Pollen Substitutes for the Feeding of Laboratory Reared Bumble Bee (Bombus Terrestris) Colonies

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|Jul 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2020-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
Language: English
Page range: 91 - 104
Submitted on: Aug 23, 2019
Accepted on: Mar 22, 2020
Published on: Jul 2, 2020
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