Preserved honey bee health in Latin America: a fragile equilibrium due to low-intensity agriculture and beekeeping?

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 41, Number 3, May-June 2010 Honey bee health


Page(s)		243 - 255
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido/2010025
Published online		16 June 2010

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