능력검정에 의한 우량 종봉 선발에 관한 연구 = Selection of superior breeding colonies of Apis mellifera based on performance-testing

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The study was conducted to establish the method of performance test of honeybee queens under Korean environment. Colony performances of apis mellifera were tested based on wintering ability, colony population and honey yield in Sangju, Korea from November, 1999 ∼2000 season were averaged 22.6±2.6kg and 20.1±2.6kg, respectively, showing the decrease of 2.5 ±0.7kg. During 2000∼2001 winter season, the colony weight before wintering was 22.6±2.3kg and was decreased by 2.3± 0.6kg.
The number of combs well covered with bees was 13.1± 4.6 as measured on the 22nd of May. 2000 and 16.0± 3.8 on the 21st of May. 2001, respectively. The rate of supering colonies were 50% and 98.5% in 2000 and 2001, respectively.
The amount of honey production was 12.7± 8.6kg per colony in 2000, 14.2± 7.6kg per colony with unselected queens and 23.5± 4.9kg per colony with seleceted-tested queens in 2001, which were harvested two times during main nectar flow season of black locust, Robinia peseudoacasia.