Apis mellifera capensis: an essay on the subspecific classification of honeybees

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 33, Number 2, March-April 2002 The Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis). From laying workers to social parasites


Page(s)		105 - 127
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2002001

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