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All issues Volume 41 / No 3 (May-June 2010) Apidologie, 41 3 (2010) 364-374 References
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Apidologie
Volume 41, Number 3, May-June 2010
Honey bee health
Page(s) 364 - 374
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/apido/2010021
Published online 16 June 2010
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