Characteristics of the Two Asian Bumblebee Species Bombus friseanus and Bombus breviceps (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
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作者: Liang, Cheng 1 ; Ding, Guiling 1 ; Huang, Jiaxing 1 ; Zhang, Xuewen 2 ; Miao, Chunhui 2 ; An, Jiandong 1 ;
作者机构: 1.Chinese Acad Agr Sci, Inst Apicultural Res, Minist Agr & Rural Affairs, Key Lab Insect Pollinator Biol, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China
2.Yunnan Acad Agr Sci, Inst Sericulture & Apiculture, Mengzi 661101, Yunnan, Peoples R China
关键词: Bombus friseanus; Bombus breviceps; food plants; life history; colony development; mating
期刊名称:INSECTS ( 影响因子:2.769; 五年影响因子:3.046 )
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年卷期: 2020 年 11 卷 3 期
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收录情况: SCI
摘要: This study compared the food plants, life cycle, colony development, and mating behaviour of the two Asian bumblebee species Bombus friseanus and B. breviceps, which are very important pollinators for many wild flowers and crops in local ecosystems. Both species were shown to be highly polylectic. Differences were observed in their life cycles and colony development patterns. The colony foundation rate of the field-collected queens was high in both species, 95.5% in B. friseanus and 86.5% in B. breviceps. The intervals from colony initiation to colony sizes of 30, 60, and 80 workers and to the first male and gyne emergence were significantly shorter in B. friseanus than in B. breviceps (p < 0.01). The development period of the first batch of workers showed no significant difference between the two species (p > 0.05). Compared with B. friseanus, B. breviceps produced remarkably higher numbers of workers (135 +/- 30 workers/colony in B. friseanus and 318 +/- 123 workers/colony in B. breviceps) and males (199 +/- 46 males/colony in B. friseanus and 355 +/- 166 males/colony in B. breviceps) (p < 0.01), with notable variation was found among the colonies in both species. With no significant difference in the mating rate between these two species, the copulation duration of B. breviceps (1.54 +/- 0.63 min) was strikingly shorter than that of B. friseanus (27.44 +/- 11.16 min) (p < 0.001). This study highlights the characteristics of the two Asian bumblebee species and will aid further studies on their conservation and agricultural pollination use.
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