Honey bees are native to North America. (True or False)
The most common race or strain of honey bee in the U.S. is:
Caucasian
Carniolan
Buckfast
Midnite
Italian
Carniolan honey bees have a strong tendency for swarming. (True or False)
Name five ways an individual can obtain bees when they are just getting started.
The inner cover on a beehive assists the bees in maintaining a suitable hive temperature. (True or False)
Why is it recommended that a beginner beekeeper start with more than one hive?
Division of labor within the worker caste of the colony is dependent upon the age of the worker and the needs of the colony. Listed below are six possible duties of a worker, arrange them in the order they would be performed bu an individual bee. Use numbers 1-6, 1=first activity and 6=last activity.
Producing wax and building comb.
Serving as nurse bees (feeding the brood).
Handling incoming nectar from foragers.
Field bees collecting pollen and nectar.
Cleaning brood cells, preparing them for the queen to lay in.
Serve as guard bees at the hive entrance.
Quiz Answers:
False There were no honey bees in North or South America prior to the migration of Europeans to these continents. The earliest reference to the introduction of honey bees into the USA was 1622 in Virginia.
E Italian Honey Bees.
True Carniolan honey bee colonies increase rapidly in the spring after the first pollen becomes available. As a result, the major disadvantage of this race is a tendency for swarming.
2, 3, 4, or 5 lbs. package with laying queen.
3-5 frame nucleus colony (Nuc).
Purchase a full-size colony.
Capture a Swarm of bees.
Trap or remove bees out of a building wall or tree
A beginner beekeeper should start with at least 2 colonies of honey bees because of the possibility of queen failure. Having more than one colony allows the beginner to take brood from a queenright colony and salvage the colony with a queen failure. Also having more than one colony gives the new beekeeper a better sense of what to expect as colonies grow and develop, since colonies are rarely equal.
E Cleaning brood cells, preparing them for the queen to lay in.