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Polish Beekeeping Twenty Years After Joining the European Union

Journal of Apicultural Science
Volume 69 (2025): Issue 1 (June 2025)
By: Piotr SemkiwORCID  
Open Access
|Jun 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jas-2025-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439
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Language: English
Page range: 43 - 58
Submitted on: Mar 31, 2025
Accepted on: May 15, 2025
Published on: Jun 19, 2025
Published by: Research Institute of Horticulture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
density,
beekeeping,
demographics,
honeybee colonies,
apiary structure,
winter colony losses
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Life sciences, other

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