Distributions of recently recognized species of honey bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Apis) in Asia

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 311-333

  Otis, Gard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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