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Apidologie
Volume 37, Number 2, March-April 2006
Stingless bees: biology and management
Page(s) 207 - 221
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2006015
Published online 22 June 2006
References of  Apidologie 37 (2006) 207-221
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