Three substances ejected by Apis mellifera drones from everted endophallus and during natural matings with queen bees

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Issue		Apidologie Volume 41, Number 6, November-December 2010


Page(s)		613 - 621
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/apido/20010007
Published online		19 February 2010

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