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Insemination of honey bee, Apis mellifera, queens with non-frozen stored semen: sperm concentration measured with a spectrophotometer

Anita M CollinsUSDA, ARS, Bee Research Laboratory, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD20705USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 141-145 | Received 06 Jan 2005, Accepted 14 Sep 2005, Published online: 24 Mar 2015

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