Beekeeping Exam (correct answers)
Name for the social insect order? correct answers Hymenoptera
Who has branched hair? Wasp or Bees? correct answers bees
What is the bees Carbohydrate source? correct answers nectar
what is NC's state insect? correct answers the honey bee
How many bee species are native to North America? correct answers 9
What is the major group within hymenoptera group that includes wasp and bees only?
correct answers Apoidea
Scientific term for sweat bees correct answers Halictids
What type of bees create thousands of individual nest correct answers Megachilids
(Alfalfa bees)
What type of bees start a new hive every year correct answers Bumble Bee
What regions do bees live longer?
Why? correct answers tropics
Consistiant warm weather = longer life span
How did honey bees come to the US? correct answers on the mayflower
Why does bee venom cause pain? correct answers it destroys cell membranes
what reaction from the body causes swelling and itching? correct answers Histamine
What % of people are deathly allergic to bees? correct answers less than 1%
What type of species are the "honey collecting bees" also what were learning about this
semester? correct answers A. Mellifera
How many different types of bee categories are there? correct answers
what is a bees scientific name? correct answers Apis
What are the three types of "Players" in the colony? correct answers Workers, Drones,
Queen
How many eggs can a queen lay a day? correct answers up to 2000
, What is the honey bees carb source? correct answers Honey
What is the honey bees protein source? correct answers Pollen
What is "Bee space"? correct answers the 3/8" between each parallel combs
What is sentralized in the middle of the Hive?
Why? correct answers Brood
its the warmest
Brood = correct answers embryo, egg, young
Brood is surrounded by ____________
why? correct answers Pollen
for easy access for workers to feed young
Pollen is surrounded by ___________
Why? correct answers honey
for protection/easy access to worker bees
What is the 3rd layer of the colony? correct answers honey
what is the 2nd layer of the colony? correct answers Pollen
whats the 1st layer of the colony? correct answers Brood
What type of honey bees don't have dads? correct answers Drones
Female bees have how many chromosomes? correct answers 16
Female bees are diploid or haploid correct answers Diploid
Male bees are diploid or haploid? correct answers haploid
How long is the "Egg stage"? correct answers 3 days
What stage does the brood grow the most? correct answers Larvae stage
How many days is the Larvae stage for each type of Honey Bee? correct answers
Q=5.5 W=6 D=6.5
How many times a day are larvae fed? correct answers upwards of 200 times
How many days is the Pupa stage for each type of honey bee? correct answers Q=7
W=12 D=14.5
Name for the social insect order? correct answers Hymenoptera
Who has branched hair? Wasp or Bees? correct answers bees
What is the bees Carbohydrate source? correct answers nectar
what is NC's state insect? correct answers the honey bee
How many bee species are native to North America? correct answers 9
What is the major group within hymenoptera group that includes wasp and bees only?
correct answers Apoidea
Scientific term for sweat bees correct answers Halictids
What type of bees create thousands of individual nest correct answers Megachilids
(Alfalfa bees)
What type of bees start a new hive every year correct answers Bumble Bee
What regions do bees live longer?
Why? correct answers tropics
Consistiant warm weather = longer life span
How did honey bees come to the US? correct answers on the mayflower
Why does bee venom cause pain? correct answers it destroys cell membranes
what reaction from the body causes swelling and itching? correct answers Histamine
What % of people are deathly allergic to bees? correct answers less than 1%
What type of species are the "honey collecting bees" also what were learning about this
semester? correct answers A. Mellifera
How many different types of bee categories are there? correct answers
what is a bees scientific name? correct answers Apis
What are the three types of "Players" in the colony? correct answers Workers, Drones,
Queen
How many eggs can a queen lay a day? correct answers up to 2000
, What is the honey bees carb source? correct answers Honey
What is the honey bees protein source? correct answers Pollen
What is "Bee space"? correct answers the 3/8" between each parallel combs
What is sentralized in the middle of the Hive?
Why? correct answers Brood
its the warmest
Brood = correct answers embryo, egg, young
Brood is surrounded by ____________
why? correct answers Pollen
for easy access for workers to feed young
Pollen is surrounded by ___________
Why? correct answers honey
for protection/easy access to worker bees
What is the 3rd layer of the colony? correct answers honey
what is the 2nd layer of the colony? correct answers Pollen
whats the 1st layer of the colony? correct answers Brood
What type of honey bees don't have dads? correct answers Drones
Female bees have how many chromosomes? correct answers 16
Female bees are diploid or haploid correct answers Diploid
Male bees are diploid or haploid? correct answers haploid
How long is the "Egg stage"? correct answers 3 days
What stage does the brood grow the most? correct answers Larvae stage
How many days is the Larvae stage for each type of Honey Bee? correct answers
Q=5.5 W=6 D=6.5
How many times a day are larvae fed? correct answers upwards of 200 times
How many days is the Pupa stage for each type of honey bee? correct answers Q=7
W=12 D=14.5
