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All issues Volume 40 / No 4 (July-August 2009) Apidologie, 40 4 (2009) 472-480 References
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Apidologie
Volume 40, Number 4, July-August 2009
Page(s) 472 - 480
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/apido/2009007
Published online 28 March 2009
References of  Apidologie 40 (2009) 472–480
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