The Flight of the Bumblebee Queen, Bombus terrestris, After Diapause Termination Affects to Oviposition and Colony Development

• Published in: International Journal of Industrial Entomology 2004, 9(2), , pp.241-247
• Main Authors: Yoon, Hyung Joo, Lee, Sang Beom, Kim, Sam Eun, Seol, Kwang Youl
• Format: Article
• Language: Korean
• Subjects: 농학
• ISSN: 1598-3579; 2586-4785

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).