Development of a system for commercial rearing of Japanese native bumblebees, Bombus hypocrita and B. ignitus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with special reference to early detection of inferior colonies

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 73-80

  Asada, Shinichi ^a   Ono, Masato ^b  

^a Kanagawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Institute   (Japan)

^b TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombus hypocrita; Bombus ignitus; Bumblebee; Colony development; Laboratory rearing

Indexed keywords

APIDAE; BOMBUS HYPOCRITA; BOMBUS IGNITUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0036018570     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.2002.73     Document Type: Article

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