Honey bees in the United States are a heterogeneous blend of several
races introduced from Europe the Middle East and Africa. (True or False)
Carpenter bees have a strong tendency to cut holes in the base of
flowers that are long and slender in form. (True or False)
Emergency medical treatment for an individual suffering from anaphylactic
shock because they were stung is an injection of _____
The bottom board or floor of the hive should be level, so the bees will produce nice straight combs. (True or False)
During the summer worker honey bees live approximately:
3 weeks
6 weeks
20 weeks
26 weeks
12 weeks
All three types of brood-cells found in a honey bee colony are reused for brood production. (True or False)
Fertilized eggs laid by the queen are capable of becoming either workers, queens, or diploid drone. (True or False)
Most eggs and young larvae found in queen cups are there because they were moved from worker cells by workers. (True or False)
Quiz Answers:
True Honey bees in the U.S. are a heterogeneous blend of several races introduced from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Currently, there are three major races: Italians, Caucasian, and Carniolians. However, they are not the same as the original races they were named after. Many strains of the original races have developed through interbreeding and selection along with various geographic and climatic influences.
True Carpenter bees are of limited value as pollinators of many crops since they are solitary bees and have a strong tendency to cut holes in the bases of flowers. This behavior allows them and other bees to steal nectar supplies without making contact with the flower's reproductive organs.
Epinephrine or Adrenalin
False Because the bottom board is open in front, it is normally recommended that the have should be tilted forward slightly to prevent rain water from running into the hive. Sloping slightly forward will not affect comb quality. Bottom boards, however, should be level, especially left to right, in the production of section comb honey.
B 6 Weeks
False Both worker size and drone size sells are reused for brood production in the honey bee colony. Queen cells, however, are destroyed by workers after the queen emerges or is killed by rival queens prior to emergence.
True Any Fertilized egg laid by a queen is capable of becoming either a queen or worker. Queen and worker differentiation is dependent upon the quality and quantity of food received during it larval life. Queen larvae receive an abundance of royal jelly throughout their larval life whereas worker larvae receive "bee bread" after they are 3-3 IA days old. Fertilized eggs do not always become females. They can develop into diploid drones. These diploid male adults are never found in a colony, as the workers destroy all diploid male larvae a few hours after the eggs hatch. Adult diploid males have only been produced in the laboratory. Normal drones are genetically haploid. Coming from unfertilized eggs, they only have one set of genes from the queen.