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The biological [1, 2, 6, 11–18, 21, 22, 28, 29, 31, 38] and apicultural aspects [5, 25, 27, 42, 55] of the honeybee have been discussed in many publications.
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Shaskolsky, D.V. (1990). The Honeybee Apis mellifera L.. In: Dettlaff, T.A., Vassetzky, S.G. (eds) Animal Species for Developmental Studies. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0503-3_8
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