Practical science - Research helping beekeepers 2. Colony manipulations for honey production

Bee World

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-11

  Delaplane, Keith S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APINAE; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0031502803     PISSN: 0005772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.1997.11099325     Document Type: Article

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