Year-round production of bumble bee colonies for crop pollination

Bee World

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 54-56

  Van Heemert, C ^a   De Ruijter, A ^a   Van Den Eijnde, J ^a   Van Der Steen, J ^a  

^a Research Centre for Insect Pollination and Beekeeping 'Ambrosiushoeve'   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0001978330     PISSN: 0005772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.1990.11099036     Document Type: Article

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