Bee Biology
Worker bees can secrete a sticky, milky fluid that is used to feed the queen, and Larvae is called _________.
Royal Jelly
Who was also known as the father of American beekeeping?
Langstroth
The most common source of lumber used in bee equipment is?
Pine
The powder sugar roll or alcohol wash is used to monitor what pest of the hive?
Varroa Mites
Colonies can be fully torn down for inspections above what temperature?
60-65 degrees
True or False? A mated queen can lay both fertile and unfertilized eggs.
True
Who is credited with discovering the honey bee dance language?
Karl Von Frisch
The medium super has an overall depth of?
6 5/8 inches
Sac Brood a disease of honey bee larvae is caused by?
a virus
True or False the addition of burr comb to the tops of frames is an indication a new box should be added?
False, It is an indication that bee space has been violated
What adult worker bee force produces and uses secretion material from the hypopharyngeal glands?
Nurse bees
Who developed the bee escape?
E.C. Porter
What are three ways to protect woodenware from environmental damage?
Painting
Wax Dipping
Food Safe Wood Preservatives
The primary location of nosema infection in the adult honey bee is the?
ventriculus or mid-gut
What type of split is used to maximize honey production?
Cut Down Split
How many wax glands do worker bees have?
8 Wax Glands
When and where did bees first come to America?
1622 Jamestown Virginia
What are the primary parts of the smoker?
Firepot
Bellows
The first acaricide approved in the United States for control of varroa mites is?
Fluvalinate
The Demaree technique is used for?
Controlling Swarming
"Queen Substance" the primary pheromone of the queen honey bee is produced by what gland?
Mandibular
Who discovered the principle of bee space?
Langstroth
The distance between the combs and exterior parts of the hive also known as bee space is? (in Inches)
1/4 to 3/8
This was believed to have killed 90% of honey bee colonies in Great Britain from 1900-1920.
Tracheal Mites (Acarapis woodi)
Explain why a colony will starve even if they have plenty of stores.
to cold to break cluster
The bodies of yellow jackets and wasps, like honey bees, are covered with branched hairs that assist them in the collection of pollen (TRUE or FALSE)
What is False
This man devised the first practical movable-comb beehive, which allowed the manipulation of individual honeycombs without destroying the structure of the hive in 1838.
who is Johann Dzierzon
Name the two types of Honey extractors
What is Tangential and Radial
Nosema Cerana an be easily detected on the external surface of the beehive by evidence of dysentery? (TRUE or FALSE)
What is False
Clipping a queen’s wing and using a queen excluder at colony openings are ineffective swarm control techniques because?
colonies can still swarm with daughter virgins