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Your Position :Home->Past Journals Catalog->2020年57 No.5

A bionic comb foundation for honeybee hives
Author of the article:JIANG Wu-Jun;ZHANG Jin-Ming;XIA Xiao-Cui;ZHANG Chuan-Lian;HAN Bing-Geng;LOU Wen;XI Fang-Gui
Author's Workplace:Apicultural Research Institute of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330052, China;Apicultural Research Institute of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330052, China;Apicultural Research Institute of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330052, China;Apicultural Research Institute of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330052, China;Apicultural Research Institute of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330052, China;Apicultural Research Institute of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330052, China;Apicultural Research Institute of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330052, China
Key Words:honeybee; bioniccomb foundation; reproductivity; honey production
Abstract:
[Objectives]  Comb foundation is artificially manufactured for bees to build their combs on. However, commercial comb foundations have many disadvantages, such as monotonicity in structure and unevenness in quality. To address these problems, the Honeybee Research Institute of Jiangxi Agricultural University developed a bionic comb foundation (Zl.201420569243.2). This study aims to evaluate the feasibility of using this bionic comb foundation in commercial beekeeping. [Methods]  The effects of the bionic comb foundation on colony size, honey production and Varroa destructor resistance, of the honeybee Apis mellifera, were measured. [Results]  Worker bees quickly accepted and built comb on the bionic foundation. Moreover, the bionic comb foundation significantly increased colony size and honey production relative to the commercial worker comb foundation. The number of Varroa mites in the bionic colony was, however, higher than in the control colony. [Conclusion]  The bionic comb foundation increased both colony size and honey production and therefore has the potential to benefit commercial beekeeping.
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