Morphometric study of native bumblebees Bombus terresteris (Linnaeus, 1758) dispersed in Syria
published by Damascus University
in 2011
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العربية
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This study was performed in the Research Laboratory of bees at the Faculty
of Agriculture, University of Damascus, Samples were collected from the
coastal region of Syria (Lattakia and Tartus), during the year 2009-2010, The
work aimed to conduct morphological characterization of bumblebees Bombus
terrestris (L.) in Syria, through some measurements to determine the
distribution (of this type of bees in the Syrian) regions.
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