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the Baekdubeol 70 percent. In addition, it has been confirmed
that the lifespan of the Baekdubeol has been extended by
about 10 days compared to the existing worker bees and the
growth and honey productivity of their bee colonies are more
than twice as good. So, this is the most memorable study I¡¯ve
ever done. If the native bee of a sacbrood resistance species is
Baekdubeol
expanded and distributed nationwide, honeybees will be less
likely to get diseases, thus improving honey productivity and
beingusedasavarietywithexcellentavailabilityasaflowerpot
The Argus: What Kind of Breed Is Baekdubeol
productionandmedium.
andWhatMadeYouDevelopIt?
Baekdubeol is a native bee of a sacbrood resistant variety
produced by interbreeding two lineages. When I saw that
*Pin kill test: It is an experiment to measure the rate of completely cleaning the
pupa room for 24 hours after stabbing and killing 100 cell-capped pupa rooms with
native bees had a 90 percent death rate due to the spread of
pins.
sacbrood, a viral disease, I thought I should breed native bees
ofadisease-resistantvarietytosolvethisproblem.Atthattime,
drug development, including the development of honeybee
managementtechnology,
Development
Administration
was an important part;
butIthoughtitwasmost
important to foster and
ResearcherChoi¡¯sOpinion
¨ÏRural
distribute an excellent
ontheHoneybeeResearch
breed such as a disease-
resistant variety to
TheArgus:WhatKindofValuesandResponsibilities
solve the fundamental
AreYouCarryingintoYourResearch?
¡ãApiculturistChoiYong-soo
problem. Therefore, as
Inthecourseofstudyinghoneybees,Ifoundthatmyresearch
succeededinfosteringanewnative
the most fundamental
contributes to enriching the lives of nearly 30,000 bee farms
beebreed,Baekdubeol,forthe
firsttimeineightyearsbymating
solutiontothisproblem,
and, broadly, maintaining agriculture and natural ecosystems.
beeswithexcellentresistanceand
I developed a disease-
So,Icametothinkthatmyroleinresearchingthefieldisvery
reproductiveability.
resistantvariety.
important and I feel a sense of responsibility. For this reason,
I think I worked almost nonstop on weekends for about 10
years to make Korea¡¯s beekeeping stand out in the world. As
a result, I am proud
The Argus: What Is the Development Process
of the resurgence of
of Baekdubeol and What Are the Effects on the
Yong-soo
endangered native
DomesticBee-farmingIndustryThroughThis?
bees, and I am
¨ÏChoi
In2016and2017,RandHspeciesofhoneybeeswithdisease
looking forward to
resistance were selected. After that, using each as a maternal
what I will do in
(R) and paternal (H), RH, the hybrid species with the best
the future. Perhaps
disease resistance, was developed as a supply species, and
honeybees will be
this supply species (RH) was Baekdubeol. The excellence of
more difficult to
the Baekdubeol is as follows. As a result of comparing the
protect in the future
Pin kill test* and the ability to remove dead pupae through
due to diversified
artificial sacbrood infection to compare the cleaning behavior
climate change
characteristic that can decide disease resistance, in the Pin
and the occurrence
kill test, the maternal line was 97.3 percent and paternal line
of various pests.
was 98.9 percent, which was 8 percent and 9 percent better
Therefore, I will
thanordinarynativehoneybees,andBaekdubeol(RH)wasthe
¡ãApiculturistChoiYong-soowasrecognized
continue to study and
best at 99.3 percent. The results showed that after artificially
forcontributingtotheincreaseintheincome
moveforwardtosolve
infectinglarvaewiththesacbroodvirus,thematernallinehada
ofbeekeepingfarmersandwonthegrand
thesedifficulties.
prizeattheevaluationoftheadvanced
survivalrateof46.6percent,thepaternalline53.2percent,and
technologydemonstrationbusinessin2018.
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