Selecting honey bees for resistance to Varroa jacobsoni
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Behavioral defenses of honey bees against Varroa jacobsoni Oud . Otto
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عنوان ژورنال: Apidologie
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0044-8435
DOI: 10.1051/apido:19990208