ENVS 2210 Exam Study Guide: Questions & Answers:Latest Updated Guide

The most common medicaments used to treat normal sting allergies are ____________ (Ansc) antihistamines Do crossing over and recombination occur in drone sperm production? (Ansa) No, because drones carry a single set of chromosomes and thus chromosome synapsis with homologous chromosomes cannot occur Reproduction at the colony level is initiated by ____________ (Ansd) the workers building swarm cells Queens are excluded from honey supers to keep them from ____________ (Ansb) laying eggs in the honey cellsThe hive component that keeps the queen restricted to the brood chamber is called ____________ (Ansc) queen excluder After mating, a queen returns to her hive carrying the "mating sign", that is ____________ (Ansc) the drone reproductive organ inserted in her vagina When inspecting a hive in early spring you see the following: 2 or 3 queen cells, individual eggs in cells and a weakly populated colony. Based on this info, the colony is probably ____________ (Ansc) about to supersede the queen The "breaking dance" is a) performed by nest bees as a signal to leave the hive during swarming b) performed by scout bees to recruit nestmates to specific blossoms c) a zig-zagging run performed by worker bees, combined with a whirring sound produced by their wings