When Africanized bees attack: What you and your clients should know

Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 923-928

  Schmidt, Justin O ^a   Boyer Hassen, Leslie V ^b  

^a CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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