METHOD FOR BREEDING ARTIFICIALLY DOMESTIC BOMBUS IGNITUS SMITH

摘要

PURPOSE: A method for breeding artificially domestic Bombus ignitus Smith indoors as a pollen carrier insect by offering the most suitable environment is provided. CONSTITUTION: The method for breeding artificially domestic Bombus ignitus Smith indoors is composed of the following steps of: (i) a first step to transfer domestic Bombus ignitus Smith collected outdoors in a portable box having many ventilating holes to an indoor breeding room in condition of temperature 30±1deg.C, relative humidity 60±5% and darkness; (ii) a second step to breed in a box(30) for settlement and inducing oviposition while supplying honey and pollen prepared by freezing fresh pollen at -60deg.C for 20days, and mixing 60% acacia honey; (iii) a third step to transfer into a box for swarming when worker bees appear; and (iv) a fourth step to transfer new queen bee and male bee which appear after two month into a net box for copulation.