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Following is true for drone
a. drones can sting several times
b. drones cannot sting
c. drones forage for nectar only
d. drones forage for pollen only
e. drones develop in 25 days after egg is laid - Answer b. drones cannot sting
male bee is a haploid individual because it
a. carries pairs of homologous chromosomes
b. has large eyes
c. carries a single set of chromosomes
d. has large testis
e. none - Answer c. carries a single set of chromosomes
which of the following statement is not true
a. honey bees transport nectar in honey crop
b. main function of bee's ventriculus is to digest food
c. male honey bees are produced by parthenogeneis
d. spiracles are opening for in/out flow of air
e. beeswax originates from secretion of thoraxic glands - Answer e. beeswax originates from
secretion of thoraxic glands
detractors of von frisch's interpretation of bee dance language thought that workers attracted
by dancing bee located food sources by relying mostly on what sensory mode rather than on
information provided in the waggle part of the dance
a. orientation of hive
b. scent
c. touch
, d. vision
e. sun angle - Answer b. scent
What type of dance is depicted below and what information it conveys when performed by a
returning forager with regards to the food source she visited?
a) round dance, food more than 100 m away
b) wagtail dance, food more than 100 m away
c) round dance, food 100 m away or closer
d) wagtail dance, food 100 m away or closer
e) round dance, food in the direction of the sun's position - Answer c) round dance, food 100
m away or closer
What type of information is conveyed by bees performing the wagtail dance?
a) direction to food source
b) distance to food source
c) quality of food (nectar)
d) all of the above
e) only a) and c) - Answer d) all of the above
Bees collect the following from flowers
a) pollen
b) propolis