ENVS 2210-Final Exam Questions And Answers
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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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