ENTO 320 MIDTERM EXAMS 2 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Order Hymenoptera - ✔✔bees, wasps, ants
- 150,000 species
hymen= marriage
- two pairs of wings held together by a series of hooks called Hamuli
✔✔Superfamily Apoidea - ✔✔3,500 species in the us
20,000 worldwide
✔✔Scopa - ✔✔dense mass of bunched hair used to hold pollen
✔✔Corbicula - ✔✔a pollen basket made of long coarse hairs located on the hind legs of
a bee; stores pollen during flight.
✔✔Apoidea - Family: Megachilidae - ✔✔Leaf cutter bees, mason bees, cuckoo bees
- mostly solitary bees that makes nests out of mud and animal fiber
- distinguishing feature: Abdominal scopa used for pollen collection
✔✔Cuckoo Bees - ✔✔kleptoparasitic pollen feeders
- They dont have a scopa or construct their own nests, but rather lay an egg in the nest
of a pollen feeder bees and consume their resources
✔✔Apoidea - Family: Halictidae - ✔✔Sweat bees
- Display the most diverse gradation of social behaviors, including solitary, communal,
semi social or eusocial species
- typically ground nesters and found near water
✔✔Superfamily: Apoidea, Family: Apidae, Tribe: Bombini - ✔✔Bumble Bees
- large social fuzzy bees
- Mated queens overwinter in the soil and emerge in the spring
- nests are small and hold >50 individuals
✔✔Superfamily: Apoidea, Family: Apidae, Tribe: Xylocopini - ✔✔Carpenter Bees
- Large bees with smooth abdomen
- burrows into hard plant materials
- solitary but some species have simple social nests (mother, daughter)
✔✔Superfamily: Apoidea, Family: Apidae, Tribe: Meliponini - ✔✔Stingless Bees
- smaller than honeybees
- inhabit tropical and subtropical regions
- large colonies (up to 80,000)
- Caste is determined on the AMOUNT of pollen consumed
, ✔✔Superfamily: Apoidea, Family: Apidae, Tribe: Apini - ✔✔Honey bees
- large colonies 80,000 or more
- honey bee's caste is based on the TYPE of food consumed
✔✔Subgenus Micrapis - ✔✔dwarf honey bees
- nest of single comb on tree branch
- foragers depart from the crown of nests
- workers are 7-10 mm long
- drones and queens are 3x the size of the workers
✔✔Apis andreniformis - ✔✔Black dwarf honeybees
- more black
- dances on vertical comb face
✔✔Apis Florea - ✔✔Red Dwarf Honeybees
- red overall
- dances ON TOP of the crown of the nest
✔✔Subgenus Megapis - ✔✔Giant honey bees
- exposed single comb nest
- workers are 17 mm long
- hairy wings
inclues
✔✔Apis Dorsata - ✔✔Giant Honey bees
- somewhat smaller, less hairy
- lower altitudes
- nests usually in trees, may aggregate
- no audible buzz when dancing
✔✔Apis laboriosa - ✔✔Himalayan Honey bees
- larger and hairier
- range confined to mountains and cool altitudes (2500-3000m)
- nests off cliff faces
-audible buzz when dancing
✔✔Subgenus Apis - ✔✔- nests in cavities with multiple parallel combs
- workers around 10 mm long
- drones and queens 3x the size
A. Mellifera and A. cerana can mate but not produce viable offspring
✔✔Apis Cerana - ✔✔Asian Honeybee
- smaller than apis mellferia
- smaller colonies
- smaller food storage
WITH ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Order Hymenoptera - ✔✔bees, wasps, ants
- 150,000 species
hymen= marriage
- two pairs of wings held together by a series of hooks called Hamuli
✔✔Superfamily Apoidea - ✔✔3,500 species in the us
20,000 worldwide
✔✔Scopa - ✔✔dense mass of bunched hair used to hold pollen
✔✔Corbicula - ✔✔a pollen basket made of long coarse hairs located on the hind legs of
a bee; stores pollen during flight.
✔✔Apoidea - Family: Megachilidae - ✔✔Leaf cutter bees, mason bees, cuckoo bees
- mostly solitary bees that makes nests out of mud and animal fiber
- distinguishing feature: Abdominal scopa used for pollen collection
✔✔Cuckoo Bees - ✔✔kleptoparasitic pollen feeders
- They dont have a scopa or construct their own nests, but rather lay an egg in the nest
of a pollen feeder bees and consume their resources
✔✔Apoidea - Family: Halictidae - ✔✔Sweat bees
- Display the most diverse gradation of social behaviors, including solitary, communal,
semi social or eusocial species
- typically ground nesters and found near water
✔✔Superfamily: Apoidea, Family: Apidae, Tribe: Bombini - ✔✔Bumble Bees
- large social fuzzy bees
- Mated queens overwinter in the soil and emerge in the spring
- nests are small and hold >50 individuals
✔✔Superfamily: Apoidea, Family: Apidae, Tribe: Xylocopini - ✔✔Carpenter Bees
- Large bees with smooth abdomen
- burrows into hard plant materials
- solitary but some species have simple social nests (mother, daughter)
✔✔Superfamily: Apoidea, Family: Apidae, Tribe: Meliponini - ✔✔Stingless Bees
- smaller than honeybees
- inhabit tropical and subtropical regions
- large colonies (up to 80,000)
- Caste is determined on the AMOUNT of pollen consumed
, ✔✔Superfamily: Apoidea, Family: Apidae, Tribe: Apini - ✔✔Honey bees
- large colonies 80,000 or more
- honey bee's caste is based on the TYPE of food consumed
✔✔Subgenus Micrapis - ✔✔dwarf honey bees
- nest of single comb on tree branch
- foragers depart from the crown of nests
- workers are 7-10 mm long
- drones and queens are 3x the size of the workers
✔✔Apis andreniformis - ✔✔Black dwarf honeybees
- more black
- dances on vertical comb face
✔✔Apis Florea - ✔✔Red Dwarf Honeybees
- red overall
- dances ON TOP of the crown of the nest
✔✔Subgenus Megapis - ✔✔Giant honey bees
- exposed single comb nest
- workers are 17 mm long
- hairy wings
inclues
✔✔Apis Dorsata - ✔✔Giant Honey bees
- somewhat smaller, less hairy
- lower altitudes
- nests usually in trees, may aggregate
- no audible buzz when dancing
✔✔Apis laboriosa - ✔✔Himalayan Honey bees
- larger and hairier
- range confined to mountains and cool altitudes (2500-3000m)
- nests off cliff faces
-audible buzz when dancing
✔✔Subgenus Apis - ✔✔- nests in cavities with multiple parallel combs
- workers around 10 mm long
- drones and queens 3x the size
A. Mellifera and A. cerana can mate but not produce viable offspring
✔✔Apis Cerana - ✔✔Asian Honeybee
- smaller than apis mellferia
- smaller colonies
- smaller food storage
