Bee Fax
What is an apiary?
Where honey bee hives are kept
What is one product that humans use bees wax for?
Cosmetics, Candles, Molds, Waterproofing, etc
Bass strings are tuned fourths. Violin, viola, and cello strings are tuned in what interval?
Fifths
How many different pitches BEE in western music? (Think pitches on a piano)
12
As of the 2020 census, what is the population of Elyria? (Answer must be within 5000)
52,656
True of false, honey never spoils (no stealing answer if incorrect)
True!
Burt's Bees company was founded in the 80's and today are known for their bees wax lip balm. What was the first product that they sold?
Strings on our instruments are made from metal: steel, Nickle, silver, and aluminum. Before strings were completely metal, strings were fully or partially made from what animal product?
Sheep Gut. Sets of fully synthetic strings didn't come out until 1970 (yikes)
What note is an ENHARMONIC to Fb?
E
What is the first name of the FOUNDER of Elyria? Ely elementary and Ely square are also named after this man.
Heman Ely
What makes a bee's distinctive "buzz" sound?
Their wings
What do bees use bee's wax for?
It is the material the use to construct their hives. Honey is consumed by bees, and concert the carbs into liquid bees wax.
What country was home to Antonio Stradivarius, who is regarded as the greatest violin maker?
Italy
Which Clef is also known as the F clef
Bass
What year was the Washington Building built, 100 bonus points: what year was the high school chartered?
1893, chartered in 1830
An average colony of honey bees collects how many pounds of pollen per season? Answer should be within 10 lbs.
100 Pounds of pollen!
Which POPULOUS South East Asian country has the highest beeswax production at 62,000 tons per year
India
Found in the bow, What is the ferrule?
It is the metal ring around the frog, next to the bow hair
How many sharps are in Gb major?
6
Elyrian Arthur Lovett Garford (1858-1933) is credited with creating what part of the modern bicycle?
The SEAT - it was orginally called the Garford Saddle. His house is on Washington St and is currently the Lorain Historical Society.
A humming bird beats it's wings 55 times per second in order to fly. How many times does a honey bee beat its wings? (Answer should be within 20)
200 times per second
Beeswax has high melting point (for a wax) which makes it a stable product regardless of temperature. What is the melting point of bees wax? (closest team gets the points!)
144-147 F
How many hairs are on the average violin bow? (Answer within 10)
160-180
Spell a G minor chord
G Bb D
From 1920 to about1980, Cascade park had this animal on display in a shallow cave
Black Bears