본 연구는 국립원예특작과학원에서 육성한 국산 심비디움 17종의 절화 시 생체중과 수분 흡수량, 증산량, 수분균형을 통 해 절화수명을 조사하고 국내 경매시장에서 절화용으로 유명 한 국산 심비디움 ‘그린허니’및 ‘러블리스마일’을 통해 시중에 유통되고 있는 절화연장제 ‘Chrysal clear universal’과 ‘Floralife F300’, ‘eZDose’의 효과를 알아보기 위하여 실시하였다. 꽃의 주요 노화 증상으로는 설판변색과 갈변화, 위조 등이 있었다. 품종마다 절화수명은 달랐으며 ‘러블리스마일’과 ‘샤이니핑크’가 27일로 절화수명이 가장 길었다. 수명이 길수록 수분균형 이 0 flower･mL-1에 가깝게 유지되었다. 두 품종 모두 연장제 의 수명연장효과는 없었으나 ‘그린허니’의 경우 모든 처리구에 서 봉오리가 개화 후 조사 마지막일까지 높은 품질을 유지하 였다.

We collected four species of Osmia spp. consisting of O. cornifrons, O. pedicornis, O. taurus and O. satoi in Yeongwol, Bonghwa and Yechon locations. O. pedicornis was the dominant species, which accounts for 59.6% to 76.4% in the three locations. The sex ratio of Osmia spp. were from 1:1 to 1: 2.8 in O. cornifrons and from 1:2.8 to 1: 5.5 in O. pedicornis. The sex ratio of O. cornifrons and O. pedicornis was different in 3 locations. The female and male cocoons of O. cornifrons were the long elliptical-shaped and grey-brown color. The female and male cocoons of O. pedicornis were the long elliptical-shaped and polished dark-brown color. In both species of O. cornifrons and O. pedicornis, the cocoon size of the females was significantly larger than that of the male. Between those two species, the latter had a relatively bigger size than the former.

In the age of sexual maturity of queen, mating occurred at 6.7% immediately after eclosion and it was the highest as 85.0% at 10 days after emergence. However, a remarkable decrease was occurred at 20 days after the emergence. With regard to oviposition rate, the highest rate was observed as 81.3-81.8% at 6 to 10 days of eclosion. The rate of colony foundation and progeny-queen production were the highest as 43.8% and 37.5%, respectively, at 8 days of eclosion. In the age of sexual maturity of male, mating rate was as high as 38.3% immediately after the eclosion, the highest as 80.0% at 25 days of eclosion, and 76.6% at 8 days of eclosion. The oviposition rate was the highest as 76.9% at 6 days of eclosion, and decreased to 75.0% at 8 days and 72.7% at 10 days of eclosion. Summarized, our results indicate that sexual maturity for mating of B. terrestris is most favorable 6-8 days after eclosion for queen and 6-10 days after for male.

To increase the availability of Maxillaria species and cultivars, we investigated the volatile floral scents in eight species and cultivars of M. tenuifolia, M. variabilis, M. variabilis 'Alba', M. variabilis 'NxO', M. variabilis 'Brown', M. variabilis 'Red', M. variabilis 'Nana', and M. sangnine. The volatile components were analyzed using headspace-solid phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC-MS). We identified 46 volatiles in eight species and cultivars of Maxillaria. α-pinene, eucalyptol, trans-β-ocimene, α-copaene, and β-caryophyllene were major flavor components in the eight Maxillaria species and cultivars. A principle component analysis (PCA) showed that M. tenuifolia, M. variabilis, M. variabilis 'NxO', M. variabilis 'Brown', M. variabilis 'Nana', and M. sangnine (major components: sesquiterpenes) were located closely together on t he s core p lot. However, M. variabilis 'Alba' and M. variabilis 'Red' (major components: monoterpenes) were located closely on the score plot and not analyzed coconut flavor.

The present study investigated the floral scent pattern and intensity of the floral organs in various species and cultivars of Maxillaria at different flowering stages using an electronic nose with 6 metal oxide sensors. The scents of species and cultivars showed various patterns overall, especially that of M. tenuifolia. The scent patterns of cultivars derived from M. variabillis formed a clustere that differed greatly from the origin M. variabillis. In M. tenuifolia, the scent pattern differed by stage, and was strongest at the initial flowering stage. Each floral organ showed different scent patterns; the sepal emitted the strong scent of all floral organs. This study establishes baseline data for the analysis scent of Maxillaria scents and for breeding aromatic orchids.

The post-hibernated queens of Korean native bumblebee, Bombus hypocrita saporoensis were collected in Jeong-Sun, Korea to investigate their ecological characteristics and reared under the laboratory conditions; 27℃, 65% R.H. and darkness. The average weight of collected queens was 0.87±0.14g and 0.8g class was most abundant (34.7%) among eight weight classes. The rates of colony initiation, colony foundation and progeny-queen production were 76.3%, 60.0% and 42.5%, respectively. The durations up to colony initiation and colony foundation were 12.0±6.7 days and 49.3±2.4 days, respectively. The duration up to first worker, male and queen emergence were 22.2±3.0 days, 63.4±6.5 days and 63.5±8.7 days, respectively. The number of progenies was 108.5±26.0 workers, 186.7±70.7 males and 39.1±30.3 queens. The longevity of colony founded queen was 90.2±19.9 days whereas that of non-colonized queen was 35.9±30.3 days. Copulation time was 29.5±9.6 min. The number of eggs per egg cell laid new queen was 9.3±2.3 grains. An egg shaped as banana and it’s size was 1.12±0.10 mm in a width, 3.54± 0.16 mm in a length and 2.26±0.34 mg in a weight.