METHOD FOR MASS PROLIFERATION OF BOMBUS IGNITUS SMITH BY ARTIFICIAL BREEDING

摘要

PURPOSE: Provided is a method for mass proliferation of Bombus, ignitus Smith, which increases an oviposition rate of the Bombus, ignitus Smith, and which increases an oviposition efficiency and maximizes a productivity of bee group, and which improves a quality of the produced bee group, and substantially reduces costs. CONSTITUTION: The method comprises simultaneously introducing a worker of Bombus ignitus or Bombus terrestris which is an oviposition promoter, and a queen bee of Bombus ignitus, in order to improve an oviposition of the worker. In the method, worker of less than 3 days or more than 3 days after eclosion is anesthetized. The number of worker introduced as an oviposition promotor is 2. Breeding temperature is 27 deg.C and breeding humidity is relative humidity 65%, when field collected Bombus ignitus is bred at indoor environment.