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Proximate Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Honey Bee Collected Pollen in the Main Flowering Season, in West Shewa Zone, Central Ethiopia Cover

Proximate Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Honey Bee Collected Pollen in the Main Flowering Season, in West Shewa Zone, Central Ethiopia

Journal of Apicultural Science
Volume 68 (2024): Issue 1 (June 2024)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2024-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
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Language: English
Page range: 19 - 33
Submitted on: Aug 18, 2023
Accepted on: Apr 16, 2024
Published on: Jun 27, 2024
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 times per year
Keywords:
bee pollen,
botanical and geographical origins,
Ethiopia,
minerals,
proteins
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Life sciences, other

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