ENTO 320 TEST PAPER 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔As members of the female casts, honey bee queens are ______ and have a total of
______ chromosomes, while honey bee drones are ______ and have a total of _____
chromosomes. - ✔✔Diploid, 32, haploid, 16
✔✔In the movie "more than honey", what were two advantages Carnica bees had over
black bees? - ✔✔They swarmed less often and stung less
✔✔The ___________ filters pollen from the honey crop. - ✔✔proventriculous
✔✔True or False: In an emergency queen rearing, queen cells can be found at the
bottom edge of the frame - ✔✔False
✔✔In holometabolous insect development, the stage between an egg and the pupa is
called a _______. in hemimetabolous insect development, the stage between an egg
and the adult is called a _________ - ✔✔Larvae, nymph
✔✔What procedures were used to treat foulbrood in the movie, more than honey? -
✔✔Fumigation and burning of the colony and equipment.
✔✔Number of days:
Queen development:
Drone development:
Worker development: - ✔✔Queen development:16
Drone development: 24
Worker development: 21
✔✔Number of days:
Age post-emergence when sexual maturity is reached in drones:
Age post-emergence when sexual maturity is reached in queens:
age post emergence when queens go on orientation: - ✔✔Age post-emergence when
sexual maturity is reached in drones:12
Age post-emergence when sexual maturity is reached in queens:10
age post emergence when queens go on orientation: 3
✔✔An act of selflessness seen in superorganisms that also helped solve darwins
dilemma is called ____________ - ✔✔Altruism
✔✔The worker larvae diet consists of a _____ : _____ : _______ ratio of mandibular,
hypopharyngeal gland secretions and pollen. - ✔✔2-9-3
, ✔✔What continent is free of Varroa mites? - ✔✔Australia
✔✔Name two substances used when creating a honey bee cocoon: - ✔✔Feces
Silk
✔✔Inclusive fitness equals: - ✔✔Direct fitness + indirect fitness
✔✔Waste accumulated in the Malpighian tubules is dumped into the digestive tract as
______. - ✔✔Uric acid
✔✔True or false: when colonies issue multiple swarms, queens are able to
communicate with one another through "piping" to reduce queen competition. - ✔✔True
✔✔Briefly describe what is unique about egg hatching in honey bees compared to most
other insects - ✔✔the eggs are laid in vertically, and the eggshell is directly reabsorbed
as it is broken down.
✔✔True or False: eye color is often used to determine the age of honey bee larvae -
✔✔False
✔✔true or false: Bee bread is a mix of pollen and honey - ✔✔True
✔✔What are three characteristics we covered about the honey crop? - ✔✔Stores honey
can swell into the abdomen
is located in the mid gut
✔✔How do bee keepers manipulate bees into rearing queens? - ✔✔Beekeepers place
young larvae into artificial queen cups and place them in the hive for workers to raise as
queens.
✔✔True or false: Researching Drone Congregation areas is often very difficult as they
may develop sporadically in new locations year after year - ✔✔False
✔✔Nectar collected by honey bee foragers mainly contains these three sugars: -
✔✔Glucose sucrose and fructose
✔✔Briefly describe why bees tend to prefer "dirty" water. - ✔✔They can derive salts
from this water as well as other minerals
✔✔True or false: A benefit of a minimal parental investment strategy is there will be
many offspring produced so the likelihood of some surviving is high - ✔✔True
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔As members of the female casts, honey bee queens are ______ and have a total of
______ chromosomes, while honey bee drones are ______ and have a total of _____
chromosomes. - ✔✔Diploid, 32, haploid, 16
✔✔In the movie "more than honey", what were two advantages Carnica bees had over
black bees? - ✔✔They swarmed less often and stung less
✔✔The ___________ filters pollen from the honey crop. - ✔✔proventriculous
✔✔True or False: In an emergency queen rearing, queen cells can be found at the
bottom edge of the frame - ✔✔False
✔✔In holometabolous insect development, the stage between an egg and the pupa is
called a _______. in hemimetabolous insect development, the stage between an egg
and the adult is called a _________ - ✔✔Larvae, nymph
✔✔What procedures were used to treat foulbrood in the movie, more than honey? -
✔✔Fumigation and burning of the colony and equipment.
✔✔Number of days:
Queen development:
Drone development:
Worker development: - ✔✔Queen development:16
Drone development: 24
Worker development: 21
✔✔Number of days:
Age post-emergence when sexual maturity is reached in drones:
Age post-emergence when sexual maturity is reached in queens:
age post emergence when queens go on orientation: - ✔✔Age post-emergence when
sexual maturity is reached in drones:12
Age post-emergence when sexual maturity is reached in queens:10
age post emergence when queens go on orientation: 3
✔✔An act of selflessness seen in superorganisms that also helped solve darwins
dilemma is called ____________ - ✔✔Altruism
✔✔The worker larvae diet consists of a _____ : _____ : _______ ratio of mandibular,
hypopharyngeal gland secretions and pollen. - ✔✔2-9-3
, ✔✔What continent is free of Varroa mites? - ✔✔Australia
✔✔Name two substances used when creating a honey bee cocoon: - ✔✔Feces
Silk
✔✔Inclusive fitness equals: - ✔✔Direct fitness + indirect fitness
✔✔Waste accumulated in the Malpighian tubules is dumped into the digestive tract as
______. - ✔✔Uric acid
✔✔True or false: when colonies issue multiple swarms, queens are able to
communicate with one another through "piping" to reduce queen competition. - ✔✔True
✔✔Briefly describe what is unique about egg hatching in honey bees compared to most
other insects - ✔✔the eggs are laid in vertically, and the eggshell is directly reabsorbed
as it is broken down.
✔✔True or False: eye color is often used to determine the age of honey bee larvae -
✔✔False
✔✔true or false: Bee bread is a mix of pollen and honey - ✔✔True
✔✔What are three characteristics we covered about the honey crop? - ✔✔Stores honey
can swell into the abdomen
is located in the mid gut
✔✔How do bee keepers manipulate bees into rearing queens? - ✔✔Beekeepers place
young larvae into artificial queen cups and place them in the hive for workers to raise as
queens.
✔✔True or false: Researching Drone Congregation areas is often very difficult as they
may develop sporadically in new locations year after year - ✔✔False
✔✔Nectar collected by honey bee foragers mainly contains these three sugars: -
✔✔Glucose sucrose and fructose
✔✔Briefly describe why bees tend to prefer "dirty" water. - ✔✔They can derive salts
from this water as well as other minerals
✔✔True or false: A benefit of a minimal parental investment strategy is there will be
many offspring produced so the likelihood of some surviving is high - ✔✔True
