The honey bee - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Name for the social insect order? - Answer-Hymenoptera Who has branched hair? Wasp or Bees? - Answer-bees What is the bees Carbohydrate source? - Answer-nectar what is NC's state insect? - Answer-the honey bee How many bee species are native to North America? - Answer-9 What is the major group within hymenoptera group that includes wasp and bees only? - Answer-Apoidea Scientific term for sweat bees - Answer-Halictids What type of bees create thousands of individual nest - A...

How many hours needed for renewal for a field rep and an operators license? Correct Answer-20 hours. (2 hours of IPM, 4 Technical for each branch, 8 hours of Rules & Regulations & 2 hours of general/technical.) What is the Smallest Wasp? Correct Answer-The Honey Bee What is the Smallest Social Wasp? Correct Answer-The Paper Wasp In California, What is the most common carpet beetle? Correct Answer-The Varied Carpet Beetle The powder post beetle makes its tunnels across the grain o...

Unit 1: 1. What are 3 uses for honey bees? 1. Honey bees are excellent biological study subjects 2. Honey bees are beneficial and productive insects 3. Beekeeping 2. Earliest records about beekeeping practices come from a. Ancient Egypt 3. Who thought the queen bee was a king? a. Aristotle 4. In what centuries was the scientific basis of beekeeping established? a. 16th and 17th Centuries 5. Why were bees brought to the new world? a. Because native bees did not produce large amounts o...

Nosemosis is caused by two species of microsporidia. (T/F) - Answer-True A percentage of honey bee larva infected with AFB may recover if not stressed by other causes. (T/F) - Answer-False Chalkbrood usually affects only the worker larva in a colony. (T/F) - Answer-False Chalkbrood is passed from one colony to another by beekeepers. (T/F) - Answer-True Nosema causes worker bees to be precocious which leads to shorter lifespans. (T/F) - Answer-True Viral diseases do not affect adult drones....

TAMU ENTO 320 Exam (Latest 2024/ 2025 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A+ Apis Mellifera European honey bee approx. _____ of the U.S. food supply is pollinated by bees 1/3 Scientific Method 1. Form a question 2. Make an observation 3. Form a hypothesis -- testable and falsifiable 4. test the hypothesis 5. analyze data and draw conclusions control and experimental groups- differ in only one factor (independent variable) data analysis- -statistically significan...

Nosemosis is caused by two species of microsporidia. (T/F) - Answer-True A percentage of honey bee larva infected with AFB may recover if not stressed by other causes. (T/F) - Answer-False Chalkbrood usually affects only the worker larva in a colony. (T/F) - Answer-False Chalkbrood is passed from one colony to another by beekeepers. (T/F) - Answer-True Nosema causes worker bees to be precocious which leads to shorter lifespans. (T/F) - Answer-True Viral diseases do not affect adul...

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What three types of individuals are found in the honey bee colony? - Answer-Queen, Worker and Drone How can a queen be distinguished from other bees? - Answer-Longer abdomen, longer than other bees, no hair on the back of her thorax How can a drone be distinguished from other bees? - Answer-Wider body than worker and queen and large eyes How can worker bees be distinguished from other bees? - Answer-Smaller than queen and drones, shorter abdomen, corbicula on hind legs How many of each t...

How much of our daily diet is pollinated by bees? Greater than 1/3 When was the modern beehive developed and by whom? 1800s - L. L. Langstroth What is the space between the frames called & how wide is it? Bee Space - 1/4" - 3/8" How much water does a colony need daily during the summer? 1 qt. - 1 gal. What is not stored like nectar and honey but is used for hydration added to honey (to dissolve crystals or dilute for brood) or placed on top bars or in cells for evaporation to cool the ...

T/F: When comparing honey combs, Africanized honey bees create more cells per square inch than European honey bees. - Answer-True T/F For swarm and supersedure cells, if the cell has opened at the bottom away from the attachment point; the queen has been killed by the hive. If the cell has a hole in the side, the queen emerged from the cell successfully - Answer-False. T/F Drifting cannot cause the spread of diseases and/ or parasites to different colonies - Answer-False. T/F All honey ...