Honey bees and other edible insects used as human food in Thailand

American Entomologist

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 24-29

  Chen, Pingping ^a   Wongsiri, Siriwat ^b   Jamyanya, Tassanee ^c   Rinderer, Tom ^d   Vongsamanode, Somlak ^e   Matsuka, Mitsuo ^f   Sylvester, Allen ^d   Oldroyd, Ben ^g  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84880971601     PISSN: 10462821     EISSN: 21559902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ae/44.1.24     Document Type: Article

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