BEEKEEPING EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% ACCURATE
Name for the social insect order? - ANSWER-Hymenoptera
Who has branched hair? Wasp or Bees? - ANSWER-bees
What is the bees Carbohydrate source? - ANSWER-nectar
what is NC's state insect? - ANSWER-the honey bee
How many bee species are native to North America? - ANSWER-9
What is the major group within hymenoptera group that includes wasp and bees only? -
ANSWER-Apoidea
Scientific term for sweat bees - ANSWER-Halictids
What type of bees create thousands of individual nest - ANSWER-Megachilids (Alfalfa
bees)
What type of bees start a new hive every year - ANSWER-Bumble Bee
What regions do bees live longer?
Why? - ANSWER-tropics
Consistiant warm weather = longer life span
How did honey bees come to the US? - ANSWER-on the mayflower
Why does bee venom cause pain? - ANSWER-it destroys cell membranes
what reaction from the body causes swelling and itching? - ANSWER-Histamine
What % of people are deathly allergic to bees? - ANSWER-less than 1%
What type of species are the "honey collecting bees" also what were learning about this
semester? - ANSWER-A. Mellifera
How many different types of bee categories are there? - ANSWER-
what is a bees scientific name? - ANSWER-Apis
, What are the three types of "Players" in the colony? - ANSWER-Workers, Drones,
Queen
How many eggs can a queen lay a day? - ANSWER-up to 2000
What is the honey bees carb source? - ANSWER-Honey
What is the honey bees protein source? - ANSWER-Pollen
What is "Bee space"? - ANSWER-the 3/8" between each parallel combs
How do bees choose if a brood will be a drone or a worker? - ANSWER-By the size of
the cell they put them in
a bees torso is called the ___________ - ANSWER-Thorax
Where are the feeding and sensory inputs on a bee? - ANSWER-its head
what part of the bee is the "engine"/structers of movements? - ANSWER-thorax
what part of the bee holds the main internal organs for digestion and reproductive? -
ANSWER-Tail end/Abdomen
What happens to the bee population in the summer? - ANSWER-it stabilizes
What happens to the bee population in the Autumn? - ANSWER-it declines
What happens to the bee population in the Winter? - ANSWER-population clusters
inside the hive to conserve heat
What is sentralized in the middle of the Hive?
Why? - ANSWER-Brood
its the warmest
Brood = - ANSWER-embryo, egg, young
Brood is surrounded by ____________
why? - ANSWER-Pollen
for easy access for workers to feed young
Pollen is surrounded by ___________
Why? - ANSWER-honey
for protection/easy access to worker bees
What is the 3rd layer of the colony? - ANSWER-honey
ANSWERS 100% ACCURATE
Name for the social insect order? - ANSWER-Hymenoptera
Who has branched hair? Wasp or Bees? - ANSWER-bees
What is the bees Carbohydrate source? - ANSWER-nectar
what is NC's state insect? - ANSWER-the honey bee
How many bee species are native to North America? - ANSWER-9
What is the major group within hymenoptera group that includes wasp and bees only? -
ANSWER-Apoidea
Scientific term for sweat bees - ANSWER-Halictids
What type of bees create thousands of individual nest - ANSWER-Megachilids (Alfalfa
bees)
What type of bees start a new hive every year - ANSWER-Bumble Bee
What regions do bees live longer?
Why? - ANSWER-tropics
Consistiant warm weather = longer life span
How did honey bees come to the US? - ANSWER-on the mayflower
Why does bee venom cause pain? - ANSWER-it destroys cell membranes
what reaction from the body causes swelling and itching? - ANSWER-Histamine
What % of people are deathly allergic to bees? - ANSWER-less than 1%
What type of species are the "honey collecting bees" also what were learning about this
semester? - ANSWER-A. Mellifera
How many different types of bee categories are there? - ANSWER-
what is a bees scientific name? - ANSWER-Apis
, What are the three types of "Players" in the colony? - ANSWER-Workers, Drones,
Queen
How many eggs can a queen lay a day? - ANSWER-up to 2000
What is the honey bees carb source? - ANSWER-Honey
What is the honey bees protein source? - ANSWER-Pollen
What is "Bee space"? - ANSWER-the 3/8" between each parallel combs
How do bees choose if a brood will be a drone or a worker? - ANSWER-By the size of
the cell they put them in
a bees torso is called the ___________ - ANSWER-Thorax
Where are the feeding and sensory inputs on a bee? - ANSWER-its head
what part of the bee is the "engine"/structers of movements? - ANSWER-thorax
what part of the bee holds the main internal organs for digestion and reproductive? -
ANSWER-Tail end/Abdomen
What happens to the bee population in the summer? - ANSWER-it stabilizes
What happens to the bee population in the Autumn? - ANSWER-it declines
What happens to the bee population in the Winter? - ANSWER-population clusters
inside the hive to conserve heat
What is sentralized in the middle of the Hive?
Why? - ANSWER-Brood
its the warmest
Brood = - ANSWER-embryo, egg, young
Brood is surrounded by ____________
why? - ANSWER-Pollen
for easy access for workers to feed young
Pollen is surrounded by ___________
Why? - ANSWER-honey
for protection/easy access to worker bees
What is the 3rd layer of the colony? - ANSWER-honey
