BBCI: A new initiative to document Chinese bumble bees for pollination research

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-222

  Williams, Paul ^a   An, Jiandong ^b   Huang, Jiaxing ^b   Yao, Jian ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bombus; Bumble bees; China; Conservation; Pollination; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS (GENUS);

EID: 77955948175     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.49.2.15     Document Type: Note

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