2012
A test of Bombus terrestris cocoon and other common methods for nest initiation in B. lapidarius and B. hortorum
BUČÁNKOVÁ, Alena and Vladimír PTÁČEKBasic information
Original name
A test of Bombus terrestris cocoon and other common methods for nest initiation in B. lapidarius and B. hortorum
Name in Czech
Testování kokonu Bombus terrestris a jiných užívaných metod pro stimulaci B. lapidarius a B. hortorum
Authors
Edition
Journal of Apicultural Science, RIPF, Apic. Div., Pulawy, Poland, Apicult. Res. Assoc. 2012, 1643-4439
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Article in a journal
Field of Study
10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor
Impact factor: 0.529
UT WoS
000312519500005
Keywords (in Czech)
čmeláci, kokon, stimulace, Bombus terrestris, Bombus lapidarius, Bombus hortorum
Keywords in English
bumblebee, cocoon, colony initiation, Bombus terrestris, Bombus lapidarius, Bombus hortorum.
Changed: 15/1/2013 09:49, Mgr. Alena Votavová, Ph.D.
In the original language
Several methods for stimulating nest initiation (particularly the use of the Bombus terrestris cocoon) in queen bumblebees of the species B. lapidarius and B. hortorum were compared. For B. lapidarius, it was determined that the percentage success rate for establishing the fi rst egg cell on a cocoon of B. terrestris is similar to that on a conspecifi c cocoon. Nest establishment, however, was signifi cantly slower on the cocoon of B. terrestris. Moreover, it was determined that queens of B. lapidarius are able to initiate a nest without hibernation. Queens hibernated in the laboratory displayed a similar percentage success rate in establishing an egg cell during stimulation with the cocoon of B. terrestris as did the outdoor queens, but the lab queens established it signifi cantly more slowly. Queens of B. hortorum did not incubate the cocoon of B. terrestris, nor did they establish an egg cell on it.
In Czech
Na královnách Bombus lapidarius a Bombus hortorum bylo testováno několik stimulačních metod. U druhu B. lapidarius bylo zjištěno, že procentuální úspěšnost založení první buňky na kokonu B. terrestris je podobná jako na kokonu vlastního druhu. Založení hnízda však bylo s kokonem B. terrestris signifikantně pomalejší. Bylo zjištěno, že královny B. lapidarius mohou založit hnízdo i bez hibernace. Laboratorně hibernované královny vykazovaly podobnou úspěšnost při zakládání hnízda na kokonu B. terrestris jako královny získané z přírody, ale trvalo jim to signifikantě déle. Královny Bombus hortorum kokon B. terrestris neinkubovaly ani na něm nezakládaly buňku.
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