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A Test of Bombus terrestris Cocoon and other Common Methods for Nest Initiation in B. lapidarius and B. hortorum Cover

A Test of Bombus terrestris Cocoon and other Common Methods for Nest Initiation in B. lapidarius and B. hortorum

Open Access
|Jan 2013

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10289-012-0022-x | Journal eISSN: 2299-4831 | Journal ISSN: 1643-4439 (formerly 2299-4831)
Language: English, Polish
Page range: 37 - 47
Published on: Jan 12, 2013
Published by: The National Institute of Horticultural Research and Apicultural Research Association
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2013 Alena Bučánková, Vladimír Ptáček, published by The National Institute of Horticultural Research and Apicultural Research Association
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