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All issues Volume 41 / No 6 (November-December 2010) Apidologie, 41 6 (2010) 602-612 References
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Apidologie
Volume 41, Number 6, November-December 2010
Page(s) 602 - 612
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/apido/2010022
Published online 02 June 2010
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