Death of the bee hive: Understanding the failure of an insect society

Current Opinion in Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-50

  Barron, Andrew B ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84929168513     PISSN: 22145745     EISSN: 22145753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2015.04.004     Document Type: Review

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