Potential use of the three frequently occurring sugars in honey to predict stingless bee entomological origin

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-8

  Vit, P ^a   Fernandez Maeso, M C ^a,b   Ortiz Valbuena, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b Junta Communidades Castilla Mancha   (Spain)

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EID: 0031922943     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1998.tb01452.x     Document Type: Article

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