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883:Diseases of the honey bee
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596:Apis mellifera monticola
582:Apis mellifera pomonella
568:Apis mellifera artemisia
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187:Apis mellifera unicolor
172:Apis mellifera unicolor
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16:Subspecies of honey bee
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878:Topics in beekeeping
477:Honey bee life cycle
196:Madagascar honey bee
957:Malacca Bee Gallery
857:Deformed wing virus
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589:Apis mellifera meda
523:Carniolan honey bee
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192:common name
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794:Queen clip
774:Hive frame
681:Beekeeping
472:Bee colony
465:Life cycle
446:Worker bee
434:Bee castes
383:31 January
356:Apidologie
328:30 January
297:30 January
268:References
210:Madagascar
86:Arthropoda
901:Australia
789:Hive tool
752:Flow Hive
732:Equipment
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492:Swarming
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691:Beeswax
206:endemic
194:of the
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