Varroa destructor infestation impact on Apis mellifera carnica capped worker brood production, bee population and honey storage in a Mediterranean climate

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 33, Number 3, May-June 2002


Page(s)		271 - 281
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2002013

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