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Scientific Classification
Types of Bees and Their Roles
History of Beekeeping
Equiptment
Development and Complications
100
The Western/European honey bee.
What is apis mellifera?
100
The major types of bees.
What are queens, workers, and drones?
100
The Spanish.
What is the country that introduced honey bees to the Americas?
100
A hive consisting of a basket woven of straw.
What is a skep?
100
Effects of the Varroa mite.
What are deformed bee wings?
200
Apidae.
What is the scientific superfamily of bees?
200
Mating with the queen.
What is the primary function of drones?
200
Straw baskets used in apiculture.
What are skeps?
200
A rotating container holding hive frames.
What is a honey extractor?
200
Bacteria whose spores act as parasites inside bee larvae.
What is Paenibacillus larvae?
300
Bumblebee workers (size).
What is the 10-20 mm in length?
300
30,000-80,000
What is the number of apis mellifera workers in a hive?
300
The time at which apis mellifera was introduced to the Americas.
What is the 16th century?
300
Initiation of a feeding response in anticipation of possible hive abandonment due to fire.
What is one effect of a smoke machine?
300
The replacement of an old queen by a new one.
What is supersedure?
400
Oceania.
What is the primary habitat of stingless bees?
400
Expelled from hives.
What happens to drones during the winter?
400
The time at which Egyptians practiced apiculture.
What is 2500 BC?
400
A liquid secreted by worker bees.
What is beeswax?
400
The amount of bees missing in hives affected by CCD.
What is 30%-90%?
500
The scientific order of apis mellifera.
What is Hymenoptera?
500
The lifespan of an apis mellifera worker in the summer.
What is a month?
500
The dating of cave paintings in Spain depicting humans collecting honey.
What is the 8th century BC?
500
70%.
What is the percentage of Langstroth hives out of the total number of artificial hives in use?
500
Four hypotheses on the cause of CCD.
What are temperature changes, parasites, pesticides, and bad nutrition?