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Viability of cantaloupe pollen carried by honeybeesApis mellifera varies with foraging behavior

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Vaissière, B.E., Malaboeuf, F. & Rodet, G. Viability of cantaloupe pollen carried by honeybeesApis mellifera varies with foraging behavior. Naturwissenschaften 83, 84–86 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01141876

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