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Apidologie
Volume 37, Number 2, March-April 2006
Stingless bees: biology and management
Page(s) 144 - 163
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2006013
Published online 22 March 2006
References of  Apidologie 37 (2006) 144-163
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