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ENVS 2210 Final Exam Wit Complete Solutions

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envs 2210 - final exam prep With Correct Solutions

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In honey bees, the subspecies taxonomic level is synonym of a) race b) strain c) genotype d) family e) superfamily - Answer A Bees resulting from crossing bee races or bee strains and that are meant to take advantage of heterosis are a) mongrol bees b) hybrid bees c) superior bees d) b) and c) are correct e) none of the above - Answer B A difficulty of keeping A. m. caucasica commercially is that

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Written in 2026/2027

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Scout bees are - Answer Bees that fly in circles or randomly locate to new food sources The following is true for Apis dorsata - Answer a. Is also known as the giant honey bee b. Colonies nest of cliffs and tall trees c. Colonies migrate in search of blossoms d. Each colony builds a singe large comb All of the above Fertilized eggs can result in the development of - Answer Workers and drones The pollen basket of a worker bee is - Answer The modified tibia of the hind ...

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What month does a queen start to reduce her egg-laying rate in? - Answer August How many trips must bees make to produce 80kg of honey? - Answer 4 million trips Who first described honey bee dances? - Answer Karl von Frisch What are 3 types of dances done by honey bees? - Answer round dance, sickle dance, wag-tailed dance What dance is done when food is within 80-100m of the nest? - Answer round dance What dance is done when food is more than 100m of the nest? - Ans...

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In a honey bee colony, the term subfamily refers to - Answer a) a group of workers having the same father and the same mother Varroa sensitive hygiene (VSH) bees are a) a race of hygienic honey bees resistant to varroa mites that was developed by US scientists b) a strain of hygienic honey bees resistant to varroa mites that was developed by US scientists c) a subfamily of worker bees that are particularly hygenic and resistant to varroa mites d) a subspecies of bees imported from East...

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Pollen is used - Answer For protein Nectar is used - Answer As fuel for flying Apiculturalist - Answer Someone who knows how to keep bees and is active in beekeeping by working with beekeepers. May be involved in instruction, extension, inspection, advice, etc. Apidologist - Answer Studies bee biology. What is the basic structure of the honeybee's eyes? - Answer Five eyes: two large compound and three smaller ocelli. Honeybee thorax functions to - Answer P...

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Important things to observe when inspecting a honey bee colony include a) to find eggs and determine if there are signs of brood disease b) to estimate food stores and bee population c) to look for queen cells and determine the cause of their presence d) all of the above e) none of the above - Answer d) all of the above When inspecting a hive you see the following: 2 or 3 queen cells, eggs in cells and a weakly populated colony. Based on this information, the colony is: a...

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beekeeping - Answer art of providing bees a hive and managing them according to season Important to learn beekeeping practices over several seasons (experience) and from literature applied bee biology anticipation of colony development and needs essence of beekeeping - Answer bee population grows rapidly after seasonal low point (winter or wet period) as population expands, there is a strong impulse for the population to naturally divide by swarming strong colonies will store a sur...

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hive tool - Answer used to separate the different parts of the hive that have been glued with propolis brood chamber - Answer used by bees to rear brood and store food supers - Answer store the honey for the beekeeper to harvest queen excluder - Answer a screen that restrains the queen to the brood chamber foundation - Answer a plastic or beeswax sheet with worker-sized hexagonal cells engraved on both sides of it; serves as a guide for the bees to draw comb package...

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3 pages

Written in 2026/2027

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Following is true for drone a. drones can sting several times b. drones cannot sting c. drones forage for nectar only d. drones forage for pollen only e. drones develop in 25 days after egg is laid - Answer b. drones cannot sting male bee is a haploid individual because it a. carries pairs of homologous chromosomes b. has large eyes c. carries a single set of chromosomes d. has large testis e. none - Answer c. carries a single set of chromosomes which of the fo...

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7 pages

Written in 2026/2027

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Which of the following statements is true about beeswax? a) beeswax is a dense hydrocarbon that melts at 63º C b) beeswax originates from regurgitated material from the bee's gut c) beeswax is produced only by bees younger than 5 days post-emergence d) beeswax is produced by wax glands on the upper part of the bee's abdomen e) beeswax is used by bees to seal cracks in the hive - Answer a Propolis is: a) a resin obtained by the bees from plants and trees b) a compound used by ...

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1) What is the latin name for the Western honey Bee, of Europe and Africa? What does it mean? 2) What did Linnaeus try to rename it to? Why did he fail? 3) Why is the term mellifera inaccurate? - Answer 1) Apis mellifera L., 1758 (scientific name in italics or underlined); 'honey-carrying bee', Linnaeus named it, 1758 was the year Linnaeus assigned this name 2) Apis mellifica, 'the honey-making bee' in 1761 (but rules of classification do not allow this-can change the genus but...

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How are honey bees beneficial and productive insects to humans? - Answer - honey - crop pollination - other hive products (beeswax, pollen, propolis, bee venom) - entertainment (beekeeping, movies, documentaries) Where do the earliest records of beekeeping come from? When does it date back to? - Answer Ancient Egypt; 4-5 thousand years ago When did humans start hunting bee colonies to steal their honey? - Answer 9-10 thousand years ago What did traditional beehives look like...

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The main muscles which power the wings in bee flight are - Answer the indirect flight muscles How many times can a drone sting? - Answer not at all. The four wings of the honey bee function as... - Answer two wings because of the hamuli. The wax glands are on - Answer segments IV to VII The exoskeleton of the honey bee functions in - Answer prevention of water loss and providing a framework for muscle attachment. The passage of pollen as collected by honey bees and ...

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Known diseases - Answer -There are more than 20 known diseases that affect honeybees -Six of them cause serious damage Six diseases with serious damage - Answer American foulbrood, european foulbrood, chalk brood, varroosis, deformed wing syndrome, nosema disease pests - Answer Most damaging are wax moths, small hive beetles and mammals ways to study diseases - Answer etiology or according to the affected honey bee stage etiology - Answer causes: parasites, fungi, ba...

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Describe how honeybees exhibit group decision making (self-organized behaviour) - Answer -part of the attraction of humans to honeybees is due to their well-coordinated social actions in the absence of 'leaders': -comb-building: worker bees construct nearly perfect hexagonal combs (of two sizes-worker and drone) that have no wasted space and that use the lowest amount of beeswax to achieve the strongest structure -temperature regulation: individual bees become inactive when their body...

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What are 3 uses for honey bees? (Unit 1) - Answer 1) honey bees are excellent biological study subjects 2) honey bees are beneficial and productive insects 3) beekeeping Where do the earliest records about beekeeping practices come from? - Answer ancient Egypt Who thought the queen bee was a king? - Answer Aristotle In what centuries was the scientific basis of beekeeping established? - Answer 16th and 17th centuries Why were bees brought to the New World? - Answer B...

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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? - Ans...

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Written in 2026/2027

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1 Bee types and Divisions of Labour There are three types (castes) of individuals in a honey bee colony: - Answer the queen, the worker and the drone. Queens and workers are females and drones are males. 2 The queen has two main functions in the colony: - Answer 1) to lay eggs (she is the only reproductive female in the colony) and 2) to produce pheromones (chemical messages) that help maintain colony cohesion, stimulate food foraging and regulate colony reproduction. 3 Drones ...

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Varroa Mite Etiology - Answer Varroa destructor parasitizes brood and adult bees, affecting colony productivity and bee survivorship. Varroa parasitism results in haemolymph loss, weight loss, suppression of immune responses, transmission of viral diseases and shortening of the bees' lifespan. Varroa Mite Transmission - Answer Robbing and drifting bees, and by comb exchange between colonies. Varroa Mite Life Cycle - Answer Adult varroa females reproduce in worker and drone broo...

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Written in 2026/2027

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Pass your ENVS 2210 Final Exam on your first attempt with this comprehensive study guide. This essential resource features 300 actual exam-style questions with detailed rationales covering all core topics in honey bee biology, behavior, and management, including taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, colony organization, pollination ecology, beekeeping history, modern hive management, queen rearing, honey and wax production, bee diseases and pests, and the critical role of bees in ecosystem sustainabili...

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76 pages

Written in 2026/2027

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