ENVS 2210 Final Exam (Intro to
Apiculture) Questions Well Answered
2026.
The main muscles which power the wings in bee flight are - Answer the indirect flight muscles
How many times can a drone sting? - Answer not at all.
The four wings of the honey bee function as... - Answer two wings because of the hamuli.
The wax glands are on - Answer segments IV to VII
The exoskeleton of the honey bee functions in - Answer prevention of water loss and
providing a framework for muscle attachment.
The passage of pollen as collected by honey bees and bumble bees is as follows: - Answer
from the flower to the body of the bee; groomed from the body of the bee by the legs and
passed posteriorly; taken from the body by the basitarsal brushes; transferred from one side of
the bee to the other by movements of the metathoracic legs; gathered by the pollen rakes into
the pollen press; squeezed into the corbicular to make the pollen load; carried on the bee back
to the hive.
Drones and workers differ in the the relative sizes of their compound eyes and antennae. How
do drones differ? - Answer Drones have larger eyes and longer antennae.
The queen honey bee has how many pairs of locomotory appendages? - Answer 5
Honey bees belong to the _______ family of insects. - Answer Apidae.
The name of the organ of honey bees (and all insects) which have a function similar to _______
that of kidneys is - Answer Malpighian tubules
Which series of reproductive parts best describes the possible path of a bee's egg to the outside
world? - Answer proximal ovariole, right oviduct, common oviduct, vaginal cavity
What are spiracles? - Answer are openings for in/out flow of air.
, Haemolymph in insects is similar to vertebrate blood because - Answer it conveys nutrients to
the tissues, it conveys waste products from the tissues, it contains cells involved in fighting
infection
Haemolymph in insects is dissimilar to vertebrate blood because - Answer it does not convey
oxygen to the body tissues, it is more or less colourless or clear, it does not flow through a
complex series of vessels, and it does not reach the brain
Bees use secretion of the hypopharyngeal glands as - Answer a food for all brood
Antennal lobes - Answer give rise to antennal nerve
The sperm in mature drones is stored in the - Answer seminal vesicle
The circulatory system in bees is open or closed? - Answer open
Nasonov gland helps for what? - Answer helps the workers to recognize each other and the
hive
What is fat body? - Answer The storage organ for lipid and glycogen
What is the ventriculus? - Answer highly folded part of the guy for digestion and absorption of
food
How many times can drones mate? - Answer only once and then they die
If you observe that the workers in a colony are laying eggs, what conclusions can you draw
about the status of the colony? - Answer the colony is probably hopelessly queenless
The regulation of the division of labour in a honeybee colony depends on... - Answer an
interplay of a genetic program and environmental stimuli
What is an emergency cell? - Answer a cell constructed, often in the middle of the brood
comb, from a worker cell, for rearing a new queen
Sharp (acute) angles of turning by foraging bees between flowers or inflorescences results
from... - Answer rich nectar/pollen resources
Apiculture) Questions Well Answered
2026.
The main muscles which power the wings in bee flight are - Answer the indirect flight muscles
How many times can a drone sting? - Answer not at all.
The four wings of the honey bee function as... - Answer two wings because of the hamuli.
The wax glands are on - Answer segments IV to VII
The exoskeleton of the honey bee functions in - Answer prevention of water loss and
providing a framework for muscle attachment.
The passage of pollen as collected by honey bees and bumble bees is as follows: - Answer
from the flower to the body of the bee; groomed from the body of the bee by the legs and
passed posteriorly; taken from the body by the basitarsal brushes; transferred from one side of
the bee to the other by movements of the metathoracic legs; gathered by the pollen rakes into
the pollen press; squeezed into the corbicular to make the pollen load; carried on the bee back
to the hive.
Drones and workers differ in the the relative sizes of their compound eyes and antennae. How
do drones differ? - Answer Drones have larger eyes and longer antennae.
The queen honey bee has how many pairs of locomotory appendages? - Answer 5
Honey bees belong to the _______ family of insects. - Answer Apidae.
The name of the organ of honey bees (and all insects) which have a function similar to _______
that of kidneys is - Answer Malpighian tubules
Which series of reproductive parts best describes the possible path of a bee's egg to the outside
world? - Answer proximal ovariole, right oviduct, common oviduct, vaginal cavity
What are spiracles? - Answer are openings for in/out flow of air.
, Haemolymph in insects is similar to vertebrate blood because - Answer it conveys nutrients to
the tissues, it conveys waste products from the tissues, it contains cells involved in fighting
infection
Haemolymph in insects is dissimilar to vertebrate blood because - Answer it does not convey
oxygen to the body tissues, it is more or less colourless or clear, it does not flow through a
complex series of vessels, and it does not reach the brain
Bees use secretion of the hypopharyngeal glands as - Answer a food for all brood
Antennal lobes - Answer give rise to antennal nerve
The sperm in mature drones is stored in the - Answer seminal vesicle
The circulatory system in bees is open or closed? - Answer open
Nasonov gland helps for what? - Answer helps the workers to recognize each other and the
hive
What is fat body? - Answer The storage organ for lipid and glycogen
What is the ventriculus? - Answer highly folded part of the guy for digestion and absorption of
food
How many times can drones mate? - Answer only once and then they die
If you observe that the workers in a colony are laying eggs, what conclusions can you draw
about the status of the colony? - Answer the colony is probably hopelessly queenless
The regulation of the division of labour in a honeybee colony depends on... - Answer an
interplay of a genetic program and environmental stimuli
What is an emergency cell? - Answer a cell constructed, often in the middle of the brood
comb, from a worker cell, for rearing a new queen
Sharp (acute) angles of turning by foraging bees between flowers or inflorescences results
from... - Answer rich nectar/pollen resources
