International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials

Korean Society of Sericultural Science (한국잠사학회)
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The Flight of the Bumblebee Queen, Bombus terrestris, After Diapause Termination Affects to Oviposition and Colony Development

  • Yoon, Hyung Joo (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology) ;
  • Lee, Sang Beom (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology) ;
  • Kim, Sam Eun (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology) ;
  • Seol, Kwang Youl (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology)
  • Published : 2004.12.01
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Abstract

It was investigated whether or not flight has any effects on oviposition and colony development of the artificially hibernated Bombus terrestris queen and ,$CO_2$-treated queen. Flight periods were defined as 0 days (control), 1 day, 3 days and 6 days. The weights of queens after flight were 1.5-8.9% lower than those before flight depending on the flight periods. The oviposition and colony development of artificially hibernated and $CO_2$-treated B. terrestris queen were affected by the flight. Among flight periods tested, in particular, the queens start to flight for 3 days showed better flight effect than those other flight periods in the colony development, rate of colony foundation, rate of progeny-queen production, the number of worker and queen produced. But, the longer the flight periods is, the worse the oviposition and colony development of the queens hibernated artificially and $CO_2$-treated are (i.e., the 6 days-flight queen).

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