Environmental factors influencing propolis production by the honey bee Apis mellifera in Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-180

  Pereira, Gisele Cristina Olinta Ribeiro ^a   Barchuk, Angel Roberto ^b   Do Valle Teixeira, Isabel Ribeiro ^a  

^a Centro Universitário da Fundação Educacional Guaxupé UNIFEG   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALFENAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Africanized honey bee; Green propolis; Natural forest; Rainfall; Temperature

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 69549117010     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.48.3.05     Document Type: Article

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