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Effect of $CO_2$-treatment on Oviposition and Colony Development of the Bumblebee, Bombus ignitus  

윤형주 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 잠사곤충부 곤충자원과)
김삼은 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 잠사곤충부 곤충자원과)
이상범 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 잠사곤충부 곤충자원과)
박인균 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 잠사곤충부 곤충자원과)
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Korean journal of applied entomology / v.42, no.2, 2003 , pp. 139-144 More about this Journal
Abstract
The effect of $CO_2$-treatment on interrupting diapause of Bombus ignitus was examined to provide a means for year-round rearing of the bumblebee. When mated young queens were exposed to 65% or 99% $CO_2$ for 30 min daily during two consecutive days, oviposition rate increased to 75% and 77%, respectively, comparing 50% in $CO_2$-untreated queens. At the same time, the days needed to first oviposition shortened to 17-18 days in $CO_2$-treated queens, comparing to 30 days in $CO_2$-untreated queens. $CO_2$-treatment at the second day after mating was appropriate to the oviposition and colony development. $CO_2$-treatment showed a positive effect on the oviposition and colony development, but less than them of overwintered queen in numbers of produced progeny. It can be concluded that $CO_2$-treatment to B. ignitus is insufficient to produce commercial grade bumblebee colony in spite of its capability for promoting oviposition, because the treatment failed to form a big colony.
Keywords
Bumblebee; Bombus ignitus; Carbon dioxide; Oviopositon rate; Colony development;
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