Plant with toxic nectar kills native honey bees in SW China

American Bee Journal

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 707-708

  Liu, Fang Lin ^a   Fu, Wen Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APINAE; APIS; APIS CERANA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ELSHOLTZIA;

EID: 4444289373     PISSN: 00027626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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