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This part of the hive is made out of plastic or beeswax and has worker size
hexagonal cells - -foundation
- The best management practice to handle a defensive colony is - -to
requeen the colony
- When a beekeeper unwraps the hives in the spring, the following should be
checked - -a)
Is the colony alive?
b)
Are any disease symptoms present?
c)
Do the bees need food?
d)
Is the queen present?
e)
All of the above. - yes
- Which of the following statements is false about Africanized bees. - -The
venom of Africanized bees is stronger than that of European bees
- The impact that Africanized bees had in Mexico resulted in. - -b) and c).
(increase in number of stinging incidents and fatalities of humans and
animals)
- Absconding is usually caused by. - -disturbance or lack of forage food
- The main goal of all spring (early, mid and late spring) colony management
is. - -to reach the nectar flow with the maximum population of bees in each
hive
- A hive tool is required to. - -pry out frames that the bees have fixed in
place with propolis
- How many sex alleles can be expressed in the sperm of individual drones
and eggs of queen honey bees, respectively? - -1 in a drone and 2 in a
queen
- What are the most basic functions of a bee hive? - -All of the above (to
protect bees from weather, to allow bees to defend themselves from
,predators and pests, to allow the beekeeper access to the hive to inspect it
or to harvest bee products)
- Honey bee populations that become adapted to a particular environment
through evolution are called. - -ecotypes
- The following factors favoured the evolution of high defensive behaviour in
African races of honey bees. - -human and animal predation of colonies
- If you observe that workers in a colony are laying eggs, what conclusions
can you draw about the status of the colony? - -the colony is probably
hopelessly queenless
- Two functions of the hive brood chamber are. - -to provide comb cells for
the workers to rear larvae and for pollen storage
- What glands of a queen bee produce the so-called "queen substance"? - -
mandibular glands
- Diploid drones are. - -not present in hives under normal conditions
because worker bees eliminate them
- Of the races of A. mellifera, which of the following was introduced to Brazil
in 1956, resulting in the eventual spread of Africanized bees throughout the
Americas? - -None of the above (ligustica, mellifera, adansonii, caucasica)
- What term refers to all of the worker offspring from a single father? - -
subfamily
- After mating, a queen returns to her hive carrying the "mating sign," that
is. - -the drone reproductive organ inserted in her vagina
- In preparation for swarming, worker bees. - -All of the above (gorge with
hone, gain weight, reduce their foraging activity)
- When managing a colony of honey bees the smoker is used to. - -calm the
bees to facilitate the inspection and manipulation of hive parts
- The hive component that keeps the queen restricted to the brood chamber
is called the. - -queen excluder
- Swarming is most likely to occur in a colony. - -during mid or late spring
- A mated queen can lay the following types of eggs. - -a) and b) only
(fertilized eggs/ unfertilized eggs)
, - In which region did Apis mellifera ligustica originate? - -northern Italy
- The sex of individual honey bees is determined by. - -A gene with multiple
alleles
- Worker honey bees build queen cups in a colony in response to. - -a) and
b) (abundant nectar and pollen, increasing photoperiod)
- Queens produce chemical substances called pheromones, some of which. -
-act as sexual attractant for drones
- A difficulty of keeping A. m. caucasica commercially is that. - -it uses lots
of propolis
- Where is the approximate expected range limit of Africanized bee
populations in North America? - -Southern USA
- If after being stung by a single bee, you experience generalized itching and
hives throughout the body and you also notice that breathing is becoming
difficult then you are most likely suffering from which of the following? - -An
allergic systemic sting reaction
- What are the two major components of nectar? - -water, sucrose
- This part of the hive is made out of plastic or beeswax and has worker-size
hexagonal cells engraved on both sides of it. - -foundation
- When 2 virgin queens emerge simultaneously. - -they fight until one is
dead
- Colonies of European races of honey bees are characterized by. - -storing
large amounts of honey during summer
- Some important things to achieve when inspecting a honey bee colony
include. - -all of the above (finding eggs and determining if there are signs of
brood disease, estimating food stores and bee population, looking for queen
cells and determining the cause of their presence)
- The queen honey bee mates. - -more than once, with several drones
- Queens have (or had). - -a mother, a father, and a grandfather
- The best place to stand when opening a hive to inspect a honey bee colony
is. - -a) and c) (at the back of the hive, at either side of the hive)
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