Honey
A sugary fluid secreted by plants, especially within flowers to encourage pollination by insects and other animals
What is nectar
A small brown-black beetle with clubbed antennae that originated from sub-Saharan Africa. Lays their eggs in the honey
What is small hive beedle
A disease affecting bee larvae, caused by a fungus Ascosphaera apis, larvae eventually turn into hard, chalky white “mummies”
What is Chalkbrood
How many days does it take for a worker bee to emerge?
What is 21
A nutrient-rich substance produced by worker bees to feed their queen and young larvae
What is royal jelly
Refers to hive bodies used for honey production.
What is a super
A damaging pest of beeswax combs, comb honey and bee-collected pollen. Invades weak hives.
What is waxy moth
A brood disease of bees caused by a filterable virus which interferes with the molting process; the dead larva resembles a bag of fluid.
What is sac brood
What is the name of the process which is a natural means of reproduction to make two or more distinct colonies
What is swarming
Pollen collected by bees and stored in wax cells, preserved with honey.
What is bee bread
Honey in the comb, but not in sections, frequently cut and packed into jars then filled with liquid honey.
What is chunk honey
a tiny red-brown external parasites of honey bees
What is a varroa mite
A disease often associated with high Varroa mite populations
What is deformed wing virus
What are the four life stages of a bee
What is egg, larva, pupa, adult
What is a pollen patty
Honey that has been pasteurized and undergone controlled granulation to produce a finely textured candied or crystallized honey which spreads easily at room temperature.
What is creamed honey
An insect often confused with a honeybee which is bright yellow and black stripes while honeybees are more honey brown in color rather than bright yellow
What is a yellow jacket
A malignant, contagious bacterial disease affecting bee larvae caused by a spore-forming bacteria Bacillus larvae.
What is American Foulbrood
A worker bee that lays unfertilized eggs, usually in the absence of a queen bee
What is a laying worker
What are the two primary food resources collected by honey bees
What are pollen and nectar
An excreted material from insects in the order Homoptera (aphids) which feed on plant sap; since it contains almost 90% sugar, it is collected by bees and stored
What is honeydew
The act of bees stealing honey/nectar from the other colonies; also applied to bees cleaning out wet supers or cappings left uncovered by beekeepers
What is robbing
The ability of an organism to avoid a particular disease; primarily due to genetic immunity or avoidance behavior
What is disease resistance
A cell or organism having only one set of chromosome
What is haploid
What is the most important nutrient for honey bees
Protein