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Collection and Identification of Pollen from Honey Bee Colonies
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Illuminating the incredible journey of pollen
Bruce Anderson1, Corneile Minnaar1
1Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
American Journal of Botany
|September 23, 2020
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