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Apidologie
Volume 36, Number 2, April-June 2005
the neglected gender - males in bees
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| Page(s) | 157 - 167 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2005008 | |
| Published online | 01 June 2005 | |
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