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All issues Volume 33 / No 2 (March-April 2002) Apidologie, 33 2 (2002) 233-244 References
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Apidologie
Volume 33, Number 2, March-April 2002
The Cape honeybee (Apis mellifera capensis). From laying workers to social parasites
Page(s) 233 - 244
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2002002

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