卫星搭载蜜蜂精液研究初报

A PRIMARY REPORT ON HONEYBEE SPACE-FLIGHT BREEDING

利用返回式科学卫星搭载蜜蜂精液,返回地面后给处女蜂王进行人工授精。初步结果表明:航天搭载精液的精子活力和SP1代蜂王的成活率均比对照组低;SP2及SP3代蜂王的后代工蜂在形态学上发生了明显变异,其中不利变异较多;未发现有利变异及综合性状较好的变异。

The semen of honeybees（Apis mellifera ligustica and Apis mellifera carnica） was carried by the recoverable satellite for a spaceflight and was inseminated instrumentally to the virgin queens after returning to the earth.The preliminary results showed that both the vitality of the sperm and the survival rate of SP1 queen were lower than those of the control.Obvious variations in morphology appeared on the progeny workers of queens in SP2 and in SP3 generations,but most of variation were unfavorable.Mutants with desirable characters were not found after the space fight.