Correlation between Body Weight and Colony Development of the Bumblebee Queen, Bombus ignitus |
Yoon, Hyung Joo
(Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology)
Kim, Sam Eun (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology) Lee, Sang Beom (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology) Park, In Gyun (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology) Seol, Kwang Youl (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology) |
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