PTÁČEK, Vladimír, Eva PERNOVÁ and Roman BOROVEC. The two-queen cascade method as an alternative technique for starting bumble bee (Bombus, Hymenoptera, Apidae) colonies in laboratory (Preliminary study). Pcelnicze zeszyty naukowe. Poland, 2000, vol. 44, No 2, p. 305-309.
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Original name The two-queen cascade method as an alternative technique for starting bumble bee (Bombus, Hymenoptera, Apidae) colonies in laboratory (Preliminary study)
Authors PTÁČEK, Vladimír, Eva PERNOVÁ and Roman BOROVEC.
Edition Pcelnicze zeszyty naukowe. Poland, 2000.
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher Poland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/00:00003390
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Keywords in English Bumble bees; Bombus; terrestris; pascuorum;
Tags Bombus, Bumble bees, pascuorum, terrestris
Changed by Changed by: doc. RNDr. Vladimír Ptáček, CSc., učo 1897. Changed: 22/3/2001 16:22.
Abstract
When bumble bee queens are kept in pairs under laboratory rearing condition in most cases after one or two weeks one queen of a pair becomes dominant and lays eggs. If queens remain together the submissive one usually is killed during several consecutive days. The loses can be avoided by putting the submissive queens in couples of the second level, and similarly the process can be repeated even once more so that three levels of pairs can be used. The method was successful in B. terrestris, and B. pasacuorum, and partially also in B. lucorum, and B. lapidarius. The advantages and disadvantages of the technique are discussed.
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GA203/98/0453, research and development projectName: Chemické signály ovlivňující chování čmeláků; identifikace složek, jejich biologická aktivita a biosyntéza
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Chemical signals of bumblebees: identification of components, their biological activity and biosynthesis
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