Search for Alternative Methods for Stimulating Bumblebee Queen of Bombus terrestris L. During Laboratory Rearing.

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angličtina
Original language name
Search for Alternative Methods for Stimulating Bumblebee Queen of Bombus terrestris L. During Laboratory Rearing.
Original language description
Laboratory-reared queens need to be stimulated to oviposition by external stimuli. The most common method includes social stimulation by male cocoons, contact with a worker, and contact with another queen. In the first part of this study, the possibilities to replace a live cocoon with cocoon imitations and to increase success by adding smell stimulus of live cocoons were surveyed. Seventeen variants were tested in 4 experiments. The best results were achieved with stuffed male cocoons, but wool and polystyrene cocoons were also used. Although these cocoons were able to trigger continuous incubation behavior, not even a monthly incubation of these imitations initiated oviposition. The fact that incubation does not lead to laying eggs is a somewhat surprising finding which has not been published yet. It also seems that the addition of a smell stimulus fails to reinforce stimulation if the tactile and olfactory stimuli are not concentrated into a single object. In the second part, we sur
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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