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Effects of Varroa destructor on sugar levels and their respective carbohydrate hydrolase activities in honey bee drone prepupae

Krystyna Z˚ółtowskaDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego str. IA, 10-719Olsztyn, Poland.Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Zbigniew Lipiński Janiny Wengris str. 8, 10-716OlsztynPoland.Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Małgorzata DmitryjukDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego str. IA, 10-719Olsztyn, Poland.
Pages 110-113 | Received 19 Oct 2005, Accepted 09 Dec 2007, Published online: 24 Mar 2015

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