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Higgs, J.S., Wattanachaiyingcharoen, W. & Oldroyd, B.P. A scientific note on a genetically-determined color morph of the dwarf honey bee, Apis andreniformis . Apidologie 40, 513–514 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1051/apido/2009010
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