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Beekeeping for Beginners: The Parasitic Varroa Mite Kirsten Traynor
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The Bee Photography of Eric Tourneret: Part IV of V: Nepal M.E.A. McNeil
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Building a Club Honey House Howard Scott
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The Importance of Microbes in Nutrition and Health of Honey Bee Colonies—Part III of Three Parts Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman, Russell Vreeland, Diana Sammataro and Rubén Alarcon
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Editor-Joe M. Graham
Sweet Encounters: Mountain Men and the Honey Bee On the Fur Trade Frontier—779
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Nosema ceranae: Kiss of Death or Much Ado About Nothing? Randy Oliver "BEELINER" Transporting Bees Utilizing a Fully Insulated Air Conditioned Curtain Side Truck Body Lindsay Callaway
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Newsnotes
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Washington State Beekeepers Form New Whidbey Island Group Cecil Hicks
Beekeeping in Jordán William Blomstedt
Letters to the
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Sleeping Bear Farm Bob Harrison
Sweet Encounters: Mountain Men and the Honey Bee On the Fur Trade Frontier G. Gage Skinner
Beekeeping for Beginners: The Parasitic Varroa M i t e — 7 3 5
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Classified Advertising
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Advertising Index
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Columns The Classroom Jerry Hayes. . Traveling, Thinking, Inside the Box Larry Connor August Cover Picture Sylla de Saint Pierre, photographer Eric Tourneret's wife, took this amazing photo o f Eric (above) photographing a honey hunt in Nepal. Story and more photos begin on page 745.
BIBLIOTECA DE CIENCIAS
August 2009
BIOLOGICAS Y AGROPttUAUIA!
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Honey Bee Biology Wyatt A. Mangum
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The Other Side of Beekeeping George S. Ayers
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