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Survival and life span of drone honeybees

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  1. Hiromi Fukuda

    Present address: Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, 060, Sapporo, Japan

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  1. Zoological Institute, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, 060, Sapporo, Japan

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Population and bioeconomic studies on the honeybee colonies V.

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Fukuda, H., Ohtani, T. Survival and life span of drone honeybees. Res Popul Ecol 19, 51–68 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02510939

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