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A Comparison of Instrumentally Inseminated and Naturally Mated Queens

John R. HarboBee Breeding and Stock Center Laboratory, ARS, USDA, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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Tibor I. SzaboResearch Branch, Agriculture Canada Research Station, Box 29, Beaverlodge, Alberta, CanadaTOH 0C0
Pages 31-36 | Received 25 Apr 1983, Published online: 24 Mar 2015

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