Do wild bees complement honeybee pollination of confection sunflowers in Israel?
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Wild bees enhance honey bees' pollination of hybrid sunflower.
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عنوان ژورنال: Apidologie
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0044-8435,1297-9678
DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0242-5