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273:nearly 200 mg (3.1 gr)
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914:Apis mellifera siciliana
893:Apis mellifera monticola
879:Apis mellifera pomonella
865:Apis mellifera artemisia
858:Apis mellifera adansonii
558:Development of honeybees
1053:Horizontal top-bar hive
956:Apis mellifera unicolor
935:Apis mellifera sossimai
921:Apis mellifera simensis
537:Overview of Bee Biology
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900:Apis mellifera remipes
872:Apis mellifera litorea
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299:Developmental state
232:(range: 18–22 days)
1254:Malacca Bee Gallery
1154:Deformed wing virus
1045:BS National Beehive
886:Apis mellifera meda
820:Carniolan honey bee
615:1964NW.....51...49R
602:Naturwissenschaften
177:Weight on emerging
171:Start of fertility
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368:not listed
336:not listed
114:worker bees
110:royal jelly
87:Development
1290:Beekeeping
1111:Jenter kit
1096:Bee smoker
1091:Queen clip
1071:Hive frame
978:Beekeeping
769:Bee colony
762:Life cycle
743:Worker bee
731:Bee castes
661:. Haynes.
522:2008-07-16
287:Worker bee
47:colony is
41:paper wasp
37:bumble bee
1198:Australia
1086:Hive tool
1049:Flow Hive
1029:Equipment
1010:Honeycomb
753:Drone bee
738:Queen bee
723:Honey bee
417:bee bread
49:perennial
45:honey bee
35:Unlike a
1284:Category
1015:Propolis
983:Apiology
789:Swarming
641:Archived
631:27276793
540:Archived
482:Bee bole
476:See also
264:24 days
230:21 days
199:16 days
1228:Ukraine
1213:Ireland
1203:Hungary
1144:Waxworm
1041:Beehive
988:Beeswax
685:by the
611:Bibcode
588:1733996
498:Sources
305:Length
302:Weight
258:day 10
193:day 7½
131:diploid
123:haploid
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65:beeswax
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214:Worker
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