International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials

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Oviposition and Colony Development of the Bumblebees, Bombus ignitus and B. terrestris depending on Different Pollen

  • Yoon, Hyung-Joo (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology, RDA) ;
  • Kim, Sam-Eun (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology, RDA) ;
  • Lee, Kyeong-Yong (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology, RDA) ;
  • Lee, Sang-Beom (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology, RDA) ;
  • Park, In-Gyun (Department of Agricultural Biology, The National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology, RDA)
  • Published : 2005.12.01
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Abstract

We investigated oviposition and colony development of Bombus ignitus and B. terrestris depending on different pollen. In five kinds of pollen blend, the colony development in fresh-freezing pollen blend produced in Korea (Korea-FFP) was the best performance, although egg-laying characteristics is lower than that of pollen blend for oviposition imported from Korppert company (Kopport-FOP). The Kopport-FOP proved that it was suitable to use for oviposition of bumblebees. The Korea-FFDP, freezing dried-fresh pollen blend produced in Korea, is lower rather than the Korea-FDP although it is similar to the KopportFOP in colony development. It is not efficient to use commercial pollen for bumblebee because it is expensive in cost. The dried pollen blend for honeybee feeding imported from China (China-DP) was not suitable for rearing of bumblebee because it did not form colony although the worker emerged. In types of pollen, the oviposition and colony development of B. ignitus were not affected by the fresh-freezing pollen and dried-freezing pollen. This result also indicated that dried pollen, dried in the shade for 5 - 6 days, is possible to use as commercial pollen for bumblebee reproduction.

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