ENVS2210 DE Final Exam
Test Bank Notes
Unit 1:
1. What are 3 uses for honey bees?
1. Honey bees are excellent biological study subjects
2. Honey bees are beneficial and productive insects
3. Beekeeping
2. Earliest records about beekeeping practices come from
a. Ancient Egypt
3. Who thought the queen bee was a king?
a. Aristotle
4. In what centuries was the scientific basis of beekeeping established?
a. 16th and 17th Centuries
5. Why were bees brought to the new world?
a. Because native bees did not produce large amounts of honey and wax
6. Who is known as the father of modern beekeeping?
a. Lorenzo L. Langstroth
7. What was different about Lorenzo’s new hive?
a. Movable frames which bees built combs
8. What are the main components of the 19th century
bee hives?
a. Beeswax foundation, honey extractor, queen excluder
9. How many hives are maintained globally?
a. 55 million hives
10.How much honey is produced globally every year?
, a. Over 950 million kg
11.How much wax is produced globally every year?
a. Over 25 million kg
12.What country is the world’s largest producer and exporter of honey and
royal jelly?
a. China
13.What hive type is typically used in Africa?
, a. Traditional hive (fixed combs)
14.What zcountries zpractice zmigratory zapiculture? z
a. zAustralia zand zNew zZealand z
15.What zis zthe zaverage zhoney zyield zfor za zhive zin zCanada? z
a. z60kg z
16.What zorder zare zhoney zbees zclassified zunder? z
a. zHymenoptera z
17.What zkind zof zinsects zbelong zto zthe zorder zhymenoptera? z
a. zThose zwith z4 zmembranous zwings z
18.What zis zthe zonly zfunction zof za zdrone? z
a. zTo zmate zwith zvirgin zqueens zduring zspring zand zsummer z
19.What zsex zare zworker zbees? z
a. zFemales zwith zunderdeveloped zreproductive zorgans z
20.What zis zbelieved zthat zhoney zbees zevolved zfrom? z
a. zA zcarnivorous zSphecoid zwasp zancestor z
21.What zare zthe zoldest zfossil zrecords zof zbees zfrom? zHow zold zare zthey? z
a. zNorthern zEurope, z50 zmillion zyears zold z
22.What zGenus zdo zhoney zbees zfall zunder? z
a. zApis z
23.What zis zthe ztaxonomical zname zfor zthe zhoney zbee? z
a. zApis zmellifera z
24.What zare zthe z4 zcommon zspecies zof zhoney zbee? z
a. zApis zmellifera, zapis zflorea, zapis zdorsata, zapis zcerana
Unit z2: z
z
, 25.Are zhoney zbees zholometabolous zor zhemimetabolous? z
a. zHolometabolous z
26.What zdoes zit zmean zthat zhoney zbees zare zholometabolous? z
a. zThey zpass zthrough zcomplete zmetamorphosis z
27.What zis zthe zdevelopmental ztime zfor za zWORKER z(egg, zlarva, zpupa, ztotal) z
a. z3, z5.5, z7.5, z16 z
z
z
28.What zis zthe zdevelopmental ztime zfor za zDRONE z(egg, zlarva,
pupa, ztotal) za. z3, z7, z14,24 z
z
29.What zdoes zthe zinterior zof za zhoney zbee zegg zcontain? z
a. zCytoplasm, znucleus, zyolk z
30.What zis zan zinstar zand zhow zmany zdo zhoney zbees zundergo zthroughout
zdevelopment z
a. zSubstages zseparated zby zthe zmoulting zof zthe zcuticle z
i. z5. z
31.What zdo znurse zbees zfeed zall zlarvae zfor zthe zfirst z3 zdays zpost
hatching? za. zRoyal zjelly z
z
32.What zlarvae zcontinue zto zbe zfed zroyal zjelly zpast z3 zdays zpost- zhatch? z
a. zQueen zlarvae z
33.What zdo znurse zbees zfeed zworker zand zdrone zlarvae zafter z3 zdays zpost
zhatch? z
a. zBee zbread z(pollen zand znectar) z
34.After zfeeding, zwhat zdo znurse zworkers zdo zuntil zlarvae zbecome zpupae? z
a. zCap zcells zwith zwax z
35.What zcontrols zthe zmetamorphosis zof zhoney zbees? z
Test Bank Notes
Unit 1:
1. What are 3 uses for honey bees?
1. Honey bees are excellent biological study subjects
2. Honey bees are beneficial and productive insects
3. Beekeeping
2. Earliest records about beekeeping practices come from
a. Ancient Egypt
3. Who thought the queen bee was a king?
a. Aristotle
4. In what centuries was the scientific basis of beekeeping established?
a. 16th and 17th Centuries
5. Why were bees brought to the new world?
a. Because native bees did not produce large amounts of honey and wax
6. Who is known as the father of modern beekeeping?
a. Lorenzo L. Langstroth
7. What was different about Lorenzo’s new hive?
a. Movable frames which bees built combs
8. What are the main components of the 19th century
bee hives?
a. Beeswax foundation, honey extractor, queen excluder
9. How many hives are maintained globally?
a. 55 million hives
10.How much honey is produced globally every year?
, a. Over 950 million kg
11.How much wax is produced globally every year?
a. Over 25 million kg
12.What country is the world’s largest producer and exporter of honey and
royal jelly?
a. China
13.What hive type is typically used in Africa?
, a. Traditional hive (fixed combs)
14.What zcountries zpractice zmigratory zapiculture? z
a. zAustralia zand zNew zZealand z
15.What zis zthe zaverage zhoney zyield zfor za zhive zin zCanada? z
a. z60kg z
16.What zorder zare zhoney zbees zclassified zunder? z
a. zHymenoptera z
17.What zkind zof zinsects zbelong zto zthe zorder zhymenoptera? z
a. zThose zwith z4 zmembranous zwings z
18.What zis zthe zonly zfunction zof za zdrone? z
a. zTo zmate zwith zvirgin zqueens zduring zspring zand zsummer z
19.What zsex zare zworker zbees? z
a. zFemales zwith zunderdeveloped zreproductive zorgans z
20.What zis zbelieved zthat zhoney zbees zevolved zfrom? z
a. zA zcarnivorous zSphecoid zwasp zancestor z
21.What zare zthe zoldest zfossil zrecords zof zbees zfrom? zHow zold zare zthey? z
a. zNorthern zEurope, z50 zmillion zyears zold z
22.What zGenus zdo zhoney zbees zfall zunder? z
a. zApis z
23.What zis zthe ztaxonomical zname zfor zthe zhoney zbee? z
a. zApis zmellifera z
24.What zare zthe z4 zcommon zspecies zof zhoney zbee? z
a. zApis zmellifera, zapis zflorea, zapis zdorsata, zapis zcerana
Unit z2: z
z
, 25.Are zhoney zbees zholometabolous zor zhemimetabolous? z
a. zHolometabolous z
26.What zdoes zit zmean zthat zhoney zbees zare zholometabolous? z
a. zThey zpass zthrough zcomplete zmetamorphosis z
27.What zis zthe zdevelopmental ztime zfor za zWORKER z(egg, zlarva, zpupa, ztotal) z
a. z3, z5.5, z7.5, z16 z
z
z
28.What zis zthe zdevelopmental ztime zfor za zDRONE z(egg, zlarva,
pupa, ztotal) za. z3, z7, z14,24 z
z
29.What zdoes zthe zinterior zof za zhoney zbee zegg zcontain? z
a. zCytoplasm, znucleus, zyolk z
30.What zis zan zinstar zand zhow zmany zdo zhoney zbees zundergo zthroughout
zdevelopment z
a. zSubstages zseparated zby zthe zmoulting zof zthe zcuticle z
i. z5. z
31.What zdo znurse zbees zfeed zall zlarvae zfor zthe zfirst z3 zdays zpost
hatching? za. zRoyal zjelly z
z
32.What zlarvae zcontinue zto zbe zfed zroyal zjelly zpast z3 zdays zpost- zhatch? z
a. zQueen zlarvae z
33.What zdo znurse zbees zfeed zworker zand zdrone zlarvae zafter z3 zdays zpost
zhatch? z
a. zBee zbread z(pollen zand znectar) z
34.After zfeeding, zwhat zdo znurse zworkers zdo zuntil zlarvae zbecome zpupae? z
a. zCap zcells zwith zwax z
35.What zcontrols zthe zmetamorphosis zof zhoney zbees? z
