ENVS 2210 Final Exam (Part 2)
Questions and All Solved Solutions
2026-2027 Edition.
What are 3 tools every beekeeper should have? - Answer smoker, protective equipment, hive
tool
What are the parts of a beekeeping hive? (5) - Answer Base, brood chamber, queen excluder,
supers, inner and outer covers
What are supers for in a hive? - Answer storage of harvestable honey
What does a queen excluder do? - Answer keeps queen in brood chamber
What is made of plastic/beeswax that has worker sized hexagonal cells on it and serves as a
guide for drawing comb? - Answer foundation
How many frames does a brood chamber usually hold? - Answer 8-10
What is the name of a purchasable colony called that contains a queen and 2-3lbs of bees? -
Answer package colony
What is the name of a purchasable colony called that contains a queen and 3-5 frames covered
with bees and containing brood and honey? - Answer nucleus colony
What is the most popular way bees are sold? - Answer as nucleus colonies
What is a purchasable colony called that contains 9-10 frames with bees and brood? - Answer
established colony
What time is it best to inspect the hive? - Answer During warm/sunny days when most bees
are out foraging
How can you decrease the risk of being stung while inspecting a hive? - Answer avoid rapid,
jerky movements
Where do you stand when preparing to open a hive? - Answer back or side of hive
, When should you add more smoke to the hive during inspection? - Answer when bees start to
line up along top bars
What is used to pry apart frames which bees sealed with propolis? - Answer hive tool
What can the observation of queen cells predict? - Answer supersedure, swarming, missing
queen
What are normal reactions to a bee sting? - Answer pain, inflammation, itchiness
What would be considered an allergic reaction to a bee sting? - Answer extreme itchiness,
hives, difficulties breathing, dizziness
Is a local of systemic reaction to a bee sting more serious? - Answer Systemic reaction
What is required to treat a systemic allergic reaction to a bee sting? - Answer Epipen
How many bee stings would it take to kill a human? - Answer 800+
Are certain bees more prone to causing toxic reactions? - Answer yes, Africanized bees
What are 3 possible reasons for over winter colony loss? - Answer starvation, weak/small
population, disease
In early spring management, what should you made sure of (2 things)? - Answer colonies have
enough food stores, colonies are rearing brood
How can you stimulate weak colonies in early spring management? - Answer provide sugar
syrup, expand brood area, reverse hive bodies
What are management techniques that can be used to prevent swarming? - Answer provide
plenty of drawn comb, destroy queen cells if observed, add supers, requeen
When is it the right time to split colonies to make up for over-winter colony losses? - Answer
mid-spring
Questions and All Solved Solutions
2026-2027 Edition.
What are 3 tools every beekeeper should have? - Answer smoker, protective equipment, hive
tool
What are the parts of a beekeeping hive? (5) - Answer Base, brood chamber, queen excluder,
supers, inner and outer covers
What are supers for in a hive? - Answer storage of harvestable honey
What does a queen excluder do? - Answer keeps queen in brood chamber
What is made of plastic/beeswax that has worker sized hexagonal cells on it and serves as a
guide for drawing comb? - Answer foundation
How many frames does a brood chamber usually hold? - Answer 8-10
What is the name of a purchasable colony called that contains a queen and 2-3lbs of bees? -
Answer package colony
What is the name of a purchasable colony called that contains a queen and 3-5 frames covered
with bees and containing brood and honey? - Answer nucleus colony
What is the most popular way bees are sold? - Answer as nucleus colonies
What is a purchasable colony called that contains 9-10 frames with bees and brood? - Answer
established colony
What time is it best to inspect the hive? - Answer During warm/sunny days when most bees
are out foraging
How can you decrease the risk of being stung while inspecting a hive? - Answer avoid rapid,
jerky movements
Where do you stand when preparing to open a hive? - Answer back or side of hive
, When should you add more smoke to the hive during inspection? - Answer when bees start to
line up along top bars
What is used to pry apart frames which bees sealed with propolis? - Answer hive tool
What can the observation of queen cells predict? - Answer supersedure, swarming, missing
queen
What are normal reactions to a bee sting? - Answer pain, inflammation, itchiness
What would be considered an allergic reaction to a bee sting? - Answer extreme itchiness,
hives, difficulties breathing, dizziness
Is a local of systemic reaction to a bee sting more serious? - Answer Systemic reaction
What is required to treat a systemic allergic reaction to a bee sting? - Answer Epipen
How many bee stings would it take to kill a human? - Answer 800+
Are certain bees more prone to causing toxic reactions? - Answer yes, Africanized bees
What are 3 possible reasons for over winter colony loss? - Answer starvation, weak/small
population, disease
In early spring management, what should you made sure of (2 things)? - Answer colonies have
enough food stores, colonies are rearing brood
How can you stimulate weak colonies in early spring management? - Answer provide sugar
syrup, expand brood area, reverse hive bodies
What are management techniques that can be used to prevent swarming? - Answer provide
plenty of drawn comb, destroy queen cells if observed, add supers, requeen
When is it the right time to split colonies to make up for over-winter colony losses? - Answer
mid-spring
