What are stingless bees, and why and how to use them as crop pollinators? - A review -

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-190

  Amano, Kazuhiro ^a   Nemoto, Tetsu ^a   Heard, Tim A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beekeeping; Meliponiculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034337053     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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