Honey
Bee Materials
Hive Inspections
Bee Stuff
More Bees
100
Honey is made from this slightly sugary liquid
Nectar
100
Bees produce this substance by secreting it from eight glands on the underside of their abdomen to build combs.
Beeswax
100
This tool is used to calm the bees and mask their alarm pheromones during an inspection.
Smoker
100
These are the male bees in the hive
Drones
100
Bees have this many legs
Six
200
Beekeepers use this term to describe honey that comes primarily from one type of flower (like Clover, Manuka, or Orange Blossom), which dictates the honey's unique color and flavor profile.
Monofloral honey
200
This substance is used to lure in hive beetles and trap them so that they can't reproduce inside beehives. -It's a common kitchen ingredient
Olive/vegtable oil
200
Periodically checking on your beehives after this amount of time is most beneficial.
2 weeks
200
Winter bees have the ability to live up to this amount of time
6 Months
200
The average size of a beehive during the summer months
Between 50,000 - 70,0000 WOW!!
300
How spoils after this amount of time
Trick question: Nevers spoils
300
Honey bees have this number of eyes
5 eyes
300
This "glue" is made from tree resins and is used by bees to seal cracks; beekeepers must use a hive tool to pry frames apart because of it.
Propolis
300
This is the deadly mite that has desimated honeybee colonies for years by clinging on to bees and investing brood patches within hives
Varroa mite
300
Honey is this type of alkalinity
Acidic - pH between 3.2-4.5
400
To be legally considered "ripe" and prevent fermentation, honey must have a water content below this percentage (within 2%)
Less than 18.6% water
400
Bees create warmth through vibrating this part of their body
Wings - Thoracic wing muscles which shiver without moving the wings
400
When inspecting, finding these peanut-shaped cells at the bottom of a frame indicates the colony is preparing to leave with the old queen.
Swarm Cell/Queen Cell
400
During somer months, bees congregate on the outside of the beehive and is called this.
Bearding
400
This is the protein-rich super food that is fed exclusively to a developing queen bee
Royal Jelley
500
Honey is primarily composed of these two simple sugars
Glucose & Fructose
500
This is the last job of a bee's life and "career hierarchy"
Forager
500
This is the common acid used to treat mites within a honeybee colony.
Oxalic acid
500
What shape is the waggle dance which bees use to communicate directions for a nectar/pollen source
A figure eight
500
The winter cluster keeps the core temperature of the cluster at this average temperature (within 5 degrees)
95 Degrees