廃糖蜜に対するミツバチの採蜜行動

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Pine sawer, Monochamus alternatus HOPE (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae) is a serious pest which is a carrier of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (STEINER & BUHRER) (Nematoda : Aphelenchoididae). In Japan NAC wettable powder is extensively sprayed on a forest in order to protect the pine against maturation feedings of the longicorn beetles. Recently, however, some beekeepers are afraid of a reaction of honey bee to the molasses which is one of the components of the NAC wettable powder. Therefore, authors examined the foraging behavior of honey bees on honey, molasses or honey mixed with molasses of various concentrations. The molasses were never gathered by the workers, so far as it was offered alone to them. Honey solutions including 0-10 per cent of molasses were accepted by workers, although the honey solutions mixed with the molasses of higher concentrations were less accepted. This suggests that some unknown components of molasses act as inhibitors of foraging behavior of workers.
日本応用動物昆虫学会の論文
1985-05-25