Colony evaluation is not affected by drifting of drone and worker honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) at a performance testing apiary

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 31, Number 1, January-Febuary 2000


Page(s)		67 - 79
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2000107

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