Western honey bee management for crop pollination
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Non-bee insects are important contributors to global crop pollination.
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عنوان ژورنال: African Crop Science Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2072-6589,1021-9730
DOI: 10.4314/acsj.v26i1.1