Quality standards for medicinal uses of Meliponinae honey in Guatemala, Mexico and Venezuela

Bee World

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-5

  Vit, Patricia ^a   Medina, Margarita ^b   Enríquez, María Eunice ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b AIPROCOPA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; MELIPONINAE; SCAPTOTRIGONA POSTICA;

EID: 1642506258     PISSN: 0005772X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0005772X.2004.11099603     Document Type: Review

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