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What are 3 uses for honey bees? (Unit 1) -ANS>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? -
ANS>ancient Egypt



Who thought the queen bee was a king? -ANS>Aristotle



In what centuries was the scientific basis of beekeeping established? -ANS>16th
and 17th centuries



Why were bees brought to the New World? -ANS>Because native bees did not
produce large amounts of honey and wax



Who is known as the 'father of modern beekeeping'? -ANS>Lorenzo L. Langstroth



What was different about Lorenzo's new hive? -ANS>Movable frames in which
bees built combs

,What are the main components of the 19th century bee hives? -ANS>Beeswax
foundation

Honey extractor

Queen excluder



How many hives are maintained by beekeepers globally? -ANS>55 million hives



How much honey is produced globally every year? -ANS>over 950 million kg



How much wax is produced globally every year? -ANS>over 25 million kg



What country is the world's largest producer and exporter of honey and royal
jelly? -ANS>China



What hive type is typically use in Africa? -ANS>Traditional hive (fixed combs)



What countries practice migratory apiculture? (2) -ANS>Australia, New Zealand



What is the average honey yield for a hive in Canada? -ANS>60kg



What Order are honey bees classified under? -ANS>Hymenoptera

,What kind of insects belong to the Order Hymenoptera? -ANS>those with 4
membranous wings



What is the only function of a drone? -ANS>to mate with virgin queens during
spring and summer



What sex are worker bees? -ANS>Females with undeveloped reproductive organs



What is it believed that honey bees evolved from? -ANS>a Carnivorous Sphecoid
wasp ancestor



Where are the oldest fossil records of bees from?, and how old are they -
ANS>Northern Europe, 50 million years old



What genus do honey bees fall under? -ANS>Apis



What is the taxonimical name for the honey bee? -ANS>Apis mellifera



What are 4 common species of honey bee? -ANS>Apis mellifera, Apis florea, Apis
dorsata, Apis cerana



Are honey bees holometabolous or hemimetabolous? -ANS>holometabolous

, What does it mean that honey bees are holometabolous? -ANS>they pass through
complete metamorphosis



What is the developmental time for a queen (egg, larva, pupa, total)? -ANS>3, 5.5,
7.5, 16



What is the developmental time for a worker (egg, larva, pupa, total)? -ANS>3, 6,
12, 21



What is the developmental time for a drone (egg, larva, pupa, total)? -ANS>3, 7,
14, 24



What does the interior of a honey bee egg contain? -ANS>cytoplasm, nucleus, yolk



What is an instar and how many do honey bees undergo throughout
development? -ANS>Substages separated by the moulting of the cuticle. 5



What do nurse bees feed all larvae for the first three days post-hatching? -
ANS>royal jelly



What larvae continue to be fed royal jelly past 3 days post-hatch? -ANS>queen
larvae



What do nurse bees feed worker and drone larvae after 3 days post-hatch? -
ANS>Bee bread (pollen and nectar)

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