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Periodic mass flights of the giant honey bee Apis dorsata in successive days at two nesting sites in different environmental conditions

Jerzy WoykeApicultural Division, Agricultural University, Warsaw, PolandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jerzy WildeApicultural Division, Warmia-Mazury University, Olsztyn, Poland
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Chandrashekhara C ReddyZoology Department, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
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Narayanappa NagarajaZoology Department, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
Pages 180-189 | Received 01 Jul 2005, Accepted 14 Oct 2005, Published online: 24 Mar 2015

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