Apiculture (correct answers)
Order correct answers Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera correct answers - 2 pairs of membranous wings
- modified ovipositor into sting/drill
Stinger is a modified __ correct answers ovipositor
Apiformes correct answers have branched body hairs adapted for gathering and
carrying pollen
Family correct answers Apidae
Tribe correct answers Apini (honeybees)
Eusocial colony made up of correct answers Queen (fertile female)
Drones (fertile males)
Workers (sterile females)
Genus (within tribe Apini) correct answers Apis
Apis correct answers characterized by building combs from the bee's wax secreted from
glands on underside of the abdomen
Eusocial correct answers live in colonies with rigid social structure with division of labour
and different castes; operate to rear young and reproduce
Ommatidia number per caste correct answers drones > workers > queen
Ommatidia functions (4) correct answers 1. perceiving plane of polarized light
2. recognizing patterns
3. detecting motion
4. seeing in colour: ultraviolet, blue and green
Colour that Apis sp. cannot see correct answers red
Type and numbers of eyes correct answers - 2 compound eyes
- 3 ocelli
Ocelli detect ___ but not ____ correct answers light intensity, image
Feelers are correct answers pair of segmented antennae w. 3 major regions
- scapus (base), pedicel, flagellum
Segment # for feelers between castes correct answers Workers + queens have 10
, Drones have 11
function of feelers correct answers chemoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, auditory
sensors
mechanosensory hairs function correct answers - measure position of the antennae
relative to head
- position of pedicel relative to scape and degree to which antennae are deflected by
wind may be used to measure the speed of flight
- also for touch, texture and smell
Johnston's organ is ___ and is found on __ correct answers auditory organ composed
of ring of mechanosensory cells (Sclopidia); the pedicel of the antennae
Sucking pump correct answers takes food in
air bladder or tracheal sac correct answers found in head, allows O2 to reach the
organs and is thin walled
proprioception correct answers ability for bee to sense the position of their heads
relatvie to the rest of their body
tentorium correct answers internal bracing of chitin preventing head from collapsing
Thoracic segments (3) correct answers 1. prothorax (has first pair of legs)
2. mesothorax (mid and largest w. 2nd pair of legs and 1st pair of wings)
3. metathorax (w. 3rd pair of legs and 2nd pair of wings)
pollen basket is a modified ___ correct answers tibia (from the metathoracic or hind leg)
prothoracic (fore) leg is specialized with an ___ at the "ankle" correct answers antenna
cleaner
___ in wings provides mechanical support correct answers veins
hooks wings together to function as a single wing in flight correct answers hamuli
(upturned on hind wing)
drones can sting __ times correct answers not at all
The main muscles which power the wings in bee flight are correct answers the indirect
flight muscles
pterothorax correct answers segments with wings as a unit
the wax glands are on segments correct answers IV to VII
Order correct answers Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera correct answers - 2 pairs of membranous wings
- modified ovipositor into sting/drill
Stinger is a modified __ correct answers ovipositor
Apiformes correct answers have branched body hairs adapted for gathering and
carrying pollen
Family correct answers Apidae
Tribe correct answers Apini (honeybees)
Eusocial colony made up of correct answers Queen (fertile female)
Drones (fertile males)
Workers (sterile females)
Genus (within tribe Apini) correct answers Apis
Apis correct answers characterized by building combs from the bee's wax secreted from
glands on underside of the abdomen
Eusocial correct answers live in colonies with rigid social structure with division of labour
and different castes; operate to rear young and reproduce
Ommatidia number per caste correct answers drones > workers > queen
Ommatidia functions (4) correct answers 1. perceiving plane of polarized light
2. recognizing patterns
3. detecting motion
4. seeing in colour: ultraviolet, blue and green
Colour that Apis sp. cannot see correct answers red
Type and numbers of eyes correct answers - 2 compound eyes
- 3 ocelli
Ocelli detect ___ but not ____ correct answers light intensity, image
Feelers are correct answers pair of segmented antennae w. 3 major regions
- scapus (base), pedicel, flagellum
Segment # for feelers between castes correct answers Workers + queens have 10
, Drones have 11
function of feelers correct answers chemoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, auditory
sensors
mechanosensory hairs function correct answers - measure position of the antennae
relative to head
- position of pedicel relative to scape and degree to which antennae are deflected by
wind may be used to measure the speed of flight
- also for touch, texture and smell
Johnston's organ is ___ and is found on __ correct answers auditory organ composed
of ring of mechanosensory cells (Sclopidia); the pedicel of the antennae
Sucking pump correct answers takes food in
air bladder or tracheal sac correct answers found in head, allows O2 to reach the
organs and is thin walled
proprioception correct answers ability for bee to sense the position of their heads
relatvie to the rest of their body
tentorium correct answers internal bracing of chitin preventing head from collapsing
Thoracic segments (3) correct answers 1. prothorax (has first pair of legs)
2. mesothorax (mid and largest w. 2nd pair of legs and 1st pair of wings)
3. metathorax (w. 3rd pair of legs and 2nd pair of wings)
pollen basket is a modified ___ correct answers tibia (from the metathoracic or hind leg)
prothoracic (fore) leg is specialized with an ___ at the "ankle" correct answers antenna
cleaner
___ in wings provides mechanical support correct answers veins
hooks wings together to function as a single wing in flight correct answers hamuli
(upturned on hind wing)
drones can sting __ times correct answers not at all
The main muscles which power the wings in bee flight are correct answers the indirect
flight muscles
pterothorax correct answers segments with wings as a unit
the wax glands are on segments correct answers IV to VII
