The impact of honey bee colony quality on crop yield and farmers’ profit in apples and pears

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

• Publication date

  2017-10-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Biology

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  DOI 10.1016/J.AGEE.2017.07.035
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