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All issues Volume 40 / No 5 (September-October 2009) Apidologie, 40 5 (2009) 517-523 References
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Apidologie
Volume 40, Number 5, September-October 2009
Page(s) 517 - 523
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/apido/2009030
Published online 06 June 2009
References of  Apidologie 40 (2009) 517–523
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