Beekeeping with stingless bees: A new type of hive

Bee World

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 70-79

  Sommeijer, Marinus J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 0033244811     PISSN: 0005772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.1999.11099429     Document Type: Article

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