Taxonomy as a tool for conservation of African stingless bees and their honey

Pot-Honey: A Legacy of Stingless Bees

Volumn 9781461449607, Issue , 2013, Pages 261-268

  Eardley, Connal ^a,b   Kwapong, Peter ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

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EID: 84929657077     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4960-7_18     Document Type: Chapter

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