GB/T 45550-2025Technical specification for honey bee genetic resource survey (English PDF)

Foreword

This document is in accordance with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Guidelines for standardization work Part 1: Structure and drafting rules for standardization documents" Drafting is required.

GB/T 45550 "Technical Specifications for Investigation of Honeybee Genetic Resources" and GB/T 27534 "Technical Specifications for Investigation of Livestock and Poultry Genetic Resources", GB/T 45552 The Technical Specifications for the Investigation of Silkworm Genetic Resources and GB/T 45553 Technical Specifications for the Investigation of Tussah Genetic Resources together constitute the technical standards for the investigation of livestock, bees and silkworms.

The basis for genetic resource surveys.

Please note that some of the contents of this document may involve patents. The issuing organization of this document does not assume the responsibility for identifying patents.

This document was proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People's Republic of China.

This document is under the jurisdiction of the National Technical Committee on Animal Husbandry Standardization (SAC/TC 274).

This document was drafted by: National Animal Husbandry Station, Bee Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jilin Beekeeping Science Research Institute, Shandong Agricultural University University, Sichuan Provincial Animal Husbandry Station.

The main drafters of this document are: Han Xu, Chen Chao, Shi Wei, Lu Jian, Xu Baohua, Li Zhiyong, Xu Kai, Xi Xuepeng, Ji Congcong, and Shu Changbin.

Technical specifications for investigation of honey bee genetic resources

1 Scope

This document specifies the objects, methods, contents of the survey on honey bee genetic resources, as well as the requirements for record and archive management, and describes the survey methods.

This document applies to the genetic resource survey of Eastern honey bees (Apis cerana) and Western honey bees (Apis mellifera).

2 Normative references

GB/T 27534.1

GB/T 45551

3 Terms and definitions

The terms and definitions defined in GB/T 45551 and the following apply to this document.

4 Survey subjects

It should be any of the following species or resources.

--Bee genetic resources included in the National List of Bee Genetic Resources;

--New varieties (supporting lines) and new resources approved by the livestock and poultry genetic resources approval and appraisal institutions;

-- Newly approved bee genetic resources;

--Unknown bee genetic resources.