{"id":43646,"date":"2023-10-25T12:13:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T17:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/blog\/how-can-you-help-with-bumble-bee-breeding-copy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T08:23:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T13:23:02","slug":"breeding-native-bumble-bees-in-the-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/breeding-native-bumble-bees-in-the-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Breeding native bumble bees in the lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-5knv2yq-e189c31b428861e94a10168b73796e41 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-first  blog-inner avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-43646'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfri2y67-d807fcf081f5a09f20087b83f2fe19f0\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lfri2y67-d807fcf081f5a09f20087b83f2fe19f0 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lfri2y67-d807fcf081f5a09f20087b83f2fe19f0 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lfri2y67-d807fcf081f5a09f20087b83f2fe19f0 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  inner-blog-banner-full-width-img'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-43635 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-43635 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WPC_breeding_lab_ColeBlair-1440x1080.jpeg' alt='' title='WPC_breeding_lab_ColeBlair'  height=\"1080\" width=\"1440\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfri4qsx-dde2734efa577614a3af283ef6eb9576'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>WPC&#8217;s Bumble Bee Breeding Lab. Photo: Cole Blair<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lfri1te3-3672d25b73985045be84688ad1f88428\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lfri1te3-3672d25b73985045be84688ad1f88428{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-lfri1te3-3672d25b73985045be84688ad1f88428 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lfri1te3-3672d25b73985045be84688ad1f88428 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lfri1te3-3672d25b73985045be84688ad1f88428 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_post_metadata'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Breeding native bumble bees in the lab<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-58iuwxu-9c59a6aa393d1c3233fcfe04beee1e18\">\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-58iuwxu-9c59a6aa393d1c3233fcfe04beee1e18{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n#top .av-post-metadata-container.av-58iuwxu-9c59a6aa393d1c3233fcfe04beee1e18 .av-post-metadata-container-inner{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-post-metadata-container av-58iuwxu-9c59a6aa393d1c3233fcfe04beee1e18 av-metadata-container-align-left  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_heading  avia-builder-el-last  av-metadata-container-1'><div class='av-post-metadata-container-inner'><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-meta-content\"><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-published\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-published\">Publi\u00e9 le<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-published-date\" >octobre 25, 2023<\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-author\"  itemprop=\"author\" ><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-author\">par<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-author-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/author\/cole-blair\/\"  rel=\"author\">Cole Blair<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-separator\"><\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-content av-post-metadata-category\"><span class=\"av-metadata-before av-metadata-before-categories\">|<\/span><span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/species\/bumble-bees\/\" >Les bourdons<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/category\/news-and-events\/\" >Actualit\u00e9s et \u00e9v\u00e9nements<\/a><\/span>, <span class=\"av-post-metadata-category-link\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/fr\/blog\/project\/pollinators\/\" >Pollinisateurs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-3vqkw1y-5a89ba0c0151e932fac962d75debe400 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  species-inner-content-intro-wrapper avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-43646'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3o75dd2-e8674eb6f731928cf9d85a33166d2a7b av_one_full  avia-builder-el-6  el_before_av_video  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div'     ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-lo61egon-dcfc373aaf319454fa6462fd4a40466f'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>WPC researchers are hard at work learning how to save endangered species through captive breeding. For bumble bees, their breeding research is tailored to the <a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001aGFbNeo0yac7rlCvJJOVCMlW3UjiRGQwkVWBN-fRLTOVR41p1tQzTXR4e9V4n3MwvdFp5f2XsB_8qyb24JOPGQgWjAb3eGVNctZPAhkaUQrmrfOHHjm5oiuTpbNmk3chudFSiMcdP80Gni-Y4ZZ_brYhIQs1yLIcWm8-kseRpDuTP1OFAOCBhJkGPzxGQ8Umhe1QiSWvTU4=&amp;c=OIrQh18g9hkMN1zxxc4CvrrvS5I10Y-wCiZs0221xglcK6tYmTvY_w==&amp;ch=k6Rl3U7zuHUq6QlF7s4yuWSMLE80Etm2QMMVQLUT4LY_r4zNyeM97g==\">bourdon \u00e0 bandes jaunes<\/a> (<em>B. terricola<\/em>, below) which is listed under Canada\u2019s <em>Species at Risk Act<\/em> as \u2018Special Concern\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Our aim is to establish a self-sustaining population and release these new queens to further boost the wild populations.<\/p>\n<p>Each year WPC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001aGFbNeo0yac7rlCvJJOVCMlW3UjiRGQwkVWBN-fRLTOVR41p1tQzTXR4e9V4n3Mw97Bygq-YSDiYA8G1b_FqMzhGNJKklvNXoSoNXyZkDe70QgGz2_QgaMFIZENKeokAfxnAQA2oqwtia3hr-8wsM4Ne2xYUdzKFbs2Qmp2qx_bQiPWYxwHlLopfi07f3lPV&amp;c=OIrQh18g9hkMN1zxxc4CvrrvS5I10Y-wCiZs0221xglcK6tYmTvY_w==&amp;ch=k6Rl3U7zuHUq6QlF7s4yuWSMLE80Etm2QMMVQLUT4LY_r4zNyeM97g==\">Laboratoire de conservation des bourdons<\/a> establishes breeding colonies of the yellow-banded bumble bee. If all goes well in the lab, these colonies produce workers, then males, and finally new queens who will overwinter!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-lo5s8grd-0d47faeac08f11ea70dff6c4993f001d\">\n.avia-image-container.av-lo5s8grd-0d47faeac08f11ea70dff6c4993f001d img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-lo5s8grd-0d47faeac08f11ea70dff6c4993f001d .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-lo5s8grd-0d47faeac08f11ea70dff6c4993f001d av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  inner-blog-banner-full-width-img'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-43649 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-43649 avia_image' src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WPC_BeeLab_mating_setup_2023-1440x1080.jpg' alt='' title='WPC_BeeLab_mating_setup_2023'  height=\"1080\" width=\"1440\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lfrie6xg-b34a4db2ef1e980a7ff781bb2c472bc5'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Indoor mating set up &#8211; no matter the weather! Courtship behaviour, increased speed, below. Photo and video: Parker Smale<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-video av-lo60wc6e-15da8dc63f79c5e9cbd2181ce7509ad4 avia-video-16-9 av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always avia-video-html5'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WPC_BeeLab_griseocollis_mating_trial_sped_up_2023-1.mp4'><video class='avia_video'    preload=\"auto\"  controls id='player_43646_1074320771_331812709'><source src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WPC_BeeLab_griseocollis_mating_trial_sped_up_2023-1.mp4' type='video\/mp4' \/><\/video><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lo5se4ip-f9b08d8c78f68c581c98b32722b2cdcf'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Mating behaviour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WPC&#8217;s conservation breeding lab breeds native at-risk bumble bees, focusing on the yellow-banded bumble bee, which is listed as Special Concern under Canada&#8217;s Species at Risk Act, but we also rear brown belted bumble bees and tri-coloured bumble bees for comparison in our experiments.<\/p>\n<p>We set up the mating cages with two males and one gyne (a new queen). And now, we just wait for the magic to happen, right? Well, it often isn&#8217;t so simple &#8212; there are many steps of courtship that determine whether or not the bees mate successfully.<\/p>\n<p>Bumble bee courtship is initiated by males, but strategies for this can differ between species. Perching, for example, is a pre-mating behaviour in which males wait at a vantage point and dart out to meet anything passing by. Perching is typically associated with species that have enlarged eyes in the males (such as our brown belted bumble bees). Patrolling is a much more common pre-mating behavior, where males patrol the same flight paths over and over with the hopes of finding a queen.<\/p>\n<div data-block-id=\"block-dc3f7b69-0e30-4571-ae73-8979b8877fb3\"><\/div>\n<div data-block-id=\"block-dc3f7b69-0e30-4571-ae73-8979b8877fb3\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ql-block\" data-block-id=\"block-47f96ecf-9664-47d4-b334-222cda8b33d6\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><div  class='avia-video av-lo6145kx-5450f0d7a4b25f994d0e97b21251e02f avia-video-16-9 av-no-preview-image avia-video-load-always avia-video-html5'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/VID-20230725-WA0002.mp4'><video class='avia_video'    preload=\"auto\"  controls id='player_43646_2012564320_993190452'><source src='https:\/\/wildlifepreservation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/VID-20230725-WA0002.mp4' type='video\/mp4' \/><\/video><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-lo615pk6-3b73ef7626c5adc712de29d6308b418f'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>A perching or patrolling male has found a queen!<\/p>\n<p>What steps do they take next?<\/p>\n<p>The male will attempt to get closer, perhaps even chasing the queen. He will begin tapping or stroking the queen with its legs and\/or antenna to assess the receptiveness of the queen. Assuming the queen is receptive, the rest is as you would expect! The male climbs onto the queen from the rear and copulation begins. Once finished, the male will dismount the queen and the two go their separate ways.<\/p>\n<p>If the queen is not receptive to the male at any point in its courtship, she will often lift up her leg in defense. In our experience,a a persistent male may even be chased away by a non-receptive queen!<\/p>\n<p>Within our mating trials, we will have the bees in their cages for the whole work day, or as long as it takes for us to confirm copulation. 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