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ENVS 2210 final exam/259 Questions & Answers 2024
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ENVS 2210 final exam/259Questions & Answers 2024
Honey bees belong to which family of the following insects? - -apidae
- The honey bee, Apis millfera.. - -Major honey-producing bee world-wide
Intensively studied insect species
The most important managed pollinator
- Honey bee dance language... - -Movements which bees communicate to
other bees locations of flowers
- Earliest records of beekeeping comes from.. - -egypt
- Main characteristic of traditional hives until 17th century.. - -Had fixed
combs
- The most important hive design of the 17th century was developed by... -
-Lorenzo Langstroth
- Two of the world's largest honey producers? - -China and the USA
- Canada excels in: - -Honey yield per colony
- Bees probably evolved in: - -Africa or Asia
- Honey bees probably originated from: - -Sphecoid wasp
- Two words used in the binomial system for naming living organisms: - -
Genus and species
- The following is true for Apis dorsata.. - -Is the giant honey bee
Colonies nest on cliffs and tall trees
Colonies migrate in search of blossoms
Each colony builds a large single comb
- The wax glands of a worker bee are located on - -the abdomen
- One of the functions of the exoskeleton of honey bees is - -to provide
structure and attachment for organs and muscles
- Haemolymph in bees is composed of - -Defense cells and plasma
, - Bees use the secretion of hypo pharyngeal glands to - -feed the queen and
larvae 3 days old or younger
- The ventriculus of a honey bee - -is an organ where food is digested and is
located in the abdomen of the bee
- During the developmental stage of honey bees the hormone ecdysone
regulates - -moulting
- The ommatidia are structures contained in the bees - -compound eyes
- Name of the organ of honey bees that functions similarly to kidneys in
mammals - -malpighian tubules
- The division of labour in a honey bee colony is also known as: - -
polytheism
- Comb cells are used by honey bees for - -rearing brood, depositing eggs
into them, storing nectar and pollen in them
- The temperature in the nest of a brood rearing colony is - -33-35 degrees
celsius
- The regulation of individual bee behaviour in a hive is influenced by - -
stimuli near the bee, hormones in the bee, genetic predisposition of the bee,
age of the bee
- The wax glands of a worker bee are located on - -The abdomen
- One of the functions of the exoskeleton of honey bees is - -Structure and
attachment for organs and muscles
- Haemolymph in bees is composed of - -Defense cells and plasma
- Bees use the secretion of hypoharyngeal glands to - -Feed the queen and
larvae (3 days old or younger)
- The ventriculus of a honey bee - -Organ where food is digested, located in
abdomen
- During the developmental stages of honey bees, the hormone ecdysone
regulates - -Moulting
- Ommatidia are structures contained in the bees - -Compound eyes
- Organ similar to kidneys in the bee - -Malpighian tubules
, - The division of labour in a honey bee colony is also known as - -Polyethism
- Comb cells are used by honey bees for - -Rearing brood
Depositing eggs
Storing nectar and pollen
- The temperature in the nest of a brood rearing colony is - -33-35
- The regulation of individual bee behaviour in a hive is influenced by - -
Stimuli
Hormones
Genetic predisposition
Age
- In honey bees, the subspecies taxonomic level is synonym of - -race
- Bees resulting from crossing bee races or bee strains and that are meant
to take advantage of heterosis are: - -hybrid bees
- A difficulty of keeping A.m caucasia commercially is that - -uses lots of
propolis
- The race of A.mellifera is particularly susceptible to American and
European foul brood - -mellifera
- Of the races A. mellifera, which of the following was introduced to Brazil in
1956 resulting in the eventual spread of Africanized bees through the
Americas? - -none of the above
- Absconding is usually caused by - -lack of forage food or disturbance
- What of the following statements is false about Africanized bees - -the
venom of Africanized bees is more poisonous than that of European bees
- Which of the following statements is true about Africanized bees - -
Africanized bees and European honey bees belong to the same species
- Where is the approximate expected range limit of Africanized bee
populations in North America? - -Southern USA
- Two of the functions of the hive brood chamber are - -to provide cells for
the workers to rear larvae and for pollen storage
- Hive part that keeps the queen restricted to the brood chamber: - -queen
excluder
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