COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF 2 KINDS OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE POLLENON COLONY DEVELOPMENT AND QUEEN PRODUCTION IN THE BUMBLE BEE BOMBUS-TERRESTRIS L (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE)

Authors
RIBEIRO MF DUCHATEAU MJ VELTHUIS HHW
Citation
Mf. Ribeiro et al., COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF 2 KINDS OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE POLLENON COLONY DEVELOPMENT AND QUEEN PRODUCTION IN THE BUMBLE BEE BOMBUS-TERRESTRIS L (HYMENOPTERA, APIDAE), Apidologie, 27(3), 1996, pp. 133-144
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,Entomology
Journal title
Apidologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00448435
Volume
27
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
133 - 144
Database
ISI
SICI code
0044-8435(1996)27:3<133:COTEO2>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
The effects of two kinds of stored pollen (fresh and dried, kept in th e freezer) on individuals and colonies of Bombus terrestris were inves tigated. The pattern of colony development, and the number and biomass of workers and males were similar for colonies fed on fresh-frozen po llen (FFP) and dried-frozen pollen (DFP). However, queens reared on DF P were smaller, had lower biomass, higher mortality and produced small er colonies than queens reared on FFP.