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http://dx.doi.org/10.5656/KSAE.2007.46.2.287

Characteristics on the Pollinating Activity of Korean Native Bumblebee, Bombus ignitus Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Peach House  

Lee, Ki-Yeol (Chungbuk Provincial Agricultural Research & Extention Service)
Lee, Sang-Beom (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology, RDA)
Ahn, Ki-Su (Chungbuk Provincial Agricultural Research & Extention Service)
Park, Seong-Kyu (Chungbuk Provincial Agricultural Research & Extention Service)
Yoon, Hyung-Joo (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology, RDA)
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Korean journal of applied entomology / v.46, no.2, 2007 , pp. 287-293 More about this Journal
Abstract
The pollinating activity of bumblebee, Bombus ignitus was investigated at the blossom of Peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] planted in vinyl house. The major time of foraging activity by B. ignitus was between 08:00 and 7:00, and the peak time of pollinating activity by B. ignitus was 11 :00 in the peach vinyl house from February 28 to March 5 in 2002. The rate of fruit set and the rate of marketable fruit by foraging activity of B. ignitus were much better than artificial pollination, and the effect of labor reduction by the pollinating activities of B. ignitus released against th ε artificial pollination was took remarkable profits over 93%. Therefore, the foraging activity of B. ignitus in peach vinyl house brought satisfactory results among the rate of fruit set, the rate of marketable fruit and the effect of labor reduction against the artificial pollination.
Keywords
Bumblebee; Bombus ignitus; Peach; Prunus persica; Pollinating (Foraging) activity; Artificial pollination;
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