A new method for starting bumblebee colonies

Published source details Hasselrot T.B. (1952) A new method for starting bumblebee colonies. Agromony Journal, 44, 218-219.
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Rear declining bumblebees in captivity

In Sweden, Hasselrot (1952) induced hibernated spring queens of three bumblebee species (B. terrestris, the tree bumblebee B. hypnorum and B. lapidarius) to form colonies in 26 out of 30 wooden nest boxes. He confined them alone in two linked boxes and provided honey solution and fresh pollen, moss and cellulose nesting material.

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