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Comparison of the Colony Development in the Bumblebees, Bombus ignitus and B. terrestris  

윤형주 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 농업생물부 유용곤충과)
김삼은 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 농업생물부 유용곤충)
이상범 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 농업생물부 유용곤충)
심하식 (농촌진흥청 농업과학기술원 농업생물부 유용곤충과)
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Korean journal of applied entomology / v.43, no.2, 2004 , pp. 117-121 More about this Journal
Abstract
Chilling temperature and colony development in Korean native bumblebee, Bombus ignitus and introduced B. terrestris were firstly investigated. Among four chilling temperatures of -2.5, 0, 2.5 and 5$^{\circ}C$, 2.5$^{\circ}C$ showed the best result at the survival rate after artificial hibernation in both species. The survival rate after chilling was somewhat higher in B. ignitus until three months of cold treatment, but it was higher in B. terrestris at four months of cold treatment. In colony development of queens broken diapause by CO$_2$ treatment, oviposition rate and preoviposition period of B. ignitus were 72.5％ and 17.4 days, respectively. These values were 6.1％ higher and 7.4 days shorter than those of B. terrestris. The period up to colony foundation, the first male and queen emergence of B. ignitus were 62.8,66.4 and 63.0 days, respectively, and these values were 2.1-29.5 days shorter than those of B. terrestris. But, the duration up to first worker emergence of B. ignitus and B. terrexrris did not differ as 28.6 and 28.4 days, respectively. On the other hand, the rate of colony foundation and progeny-queen production of B. terrestris, which are the important indication in evaluating the quality of colony, were 14.2 and 13.5％, respectively and these values are 3.8 to 5.7 fold higher than those of B. ignitus. Besides, the numbers of progenies of B. terrestris reached 104.2 workers, 317.9 males and 21.1 queens, which corresponded to 1.1-1.8 fold those at B. ignitus. Therefore, above results showed that colony development of B. terrestris is superior to that of B. ignitus.
Keywords
Bumblebee; Bombus ignitus; Bombus terrestris; Chilling temperature; Survival rate; Oviposition rate; Colony development;
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