The Asian species of Apis

Honeybees of Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-22

  Radloff, S E ^a   Hepburn, H R ^a   Engel, Michael S ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16422-4_1     Document Type: Chapter

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