Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2014, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (22): 4533-4539.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2014.22.019

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Artificial Rearing and Morphological Determination of the Diploid Honey Bee in Apis cerana cerana

GAN Hai-yan, LI Shu-yun, ZENG Zhi-jiang, YAN Wei-yu   

  1. Honeybee Research Institute, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045
  • Received:2014-05-19 Revised:2014-07-18 Online:2014-11-16 Published:2014-11-16

Abstract: 【Objective】 The objective of this experiment is to study artificial rearing and determination of morphological index of diploid drones, and to reveal the biological characters of Apis cerana cerana. 【Method】 Queens were firstly reared by the method of larvae double-transferring, and then anaesthetized with CO2. The colony were fed with sucrose for stimulative feeding. Unfertilized eggs were laid by queen, and they were marked by painting after emergence. Haploid drones of sexual maturity were caught for insemination with their mother queen. The queen was then controlled to lay eggs on an empty frame. Larvae developed from the eggs were transferred to incubator (RH: 95%; T: 35) for artificial rearing. Larvae in first 3 days were fed with diet containing 90% royal jelly and 10% ddH2O. During 4-6 days old, the larvae food was changed to 50% royal jelly, 6% fructose, 6% glucose, 1% yeast extract and 37% ddH2O. From 7 days old to defecating period the diet is constituted of 43% royal jelly, 9% fructose, 9% glucose, 1% yeast extract and 38% ddH2O. The cell ploidy of cultivated drones was determined using flow cytometry instrument and morphological index of haploid and diploid drones in colony were measured. 【Result】 The total emerged rate in honeybee of artificial feeding was low (36% in average), in which 26.9% were drones. There were 92% of emerged drones reared in vitro and 82% developed in natural colony drones were diploid examined by the cell ploidy. According to the morphological index investigation, the birth weight and reproductive organs of diploid drones (99.78 and 6.05 mg, respectively) were significantly smaller than that of haploid drones (105.64 and 7.02 mg, respectively), and in other indexs (the fore wing length, the fore wing width, the number of the hooks on the wing, etc) the difference was not significant. 【Conclusion】 After inbreeding, the queens (A. cerana cerana) can produce the diploid drones, and some larvae can reach adult stage. And some morphological differences exist between them and haploid drones.

Key words: Apis cerana cerana; diploid drones, artificial rearing, morphological determination

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