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100

Cranberries grow in a bed or a _____.

What is a bog

100

Wisconsin is number one for producing this types of cattle feed!

What is corn silage 

100

WI harvests more than _____ million Christmas trees.

A. 1.8

B. 2.4

C. 5.6

What is A. 1.8

100
Maple syrup is made from the sap of which plant?
What is a maple tree. Remember: trees must be old enough and large enough to be tapped - otherwise they might die.
100
This animal makes honey.
What is a honey bee.
200
This important discovery helped make cranberry harvesting a lot easier. Hint: Cranberries don't sink, they _____.
What is float
200

Wisconsin is number ____ in the USA for ginseng production.


What is #1

200

What is Wisconsin's state fruit?

What is cranberries 

200
Maple sap can be tapped during this season (summer, fall, winter or spring).
What is spring. In order for the sap to run quickly, the temperature must be below freezing at night and 40 or 50 degrees during the day.
200
There is/are ___ queen bee(s) in each hive.
What is 1. There are up to 50,000 worker bees in each colony and only 1 queen bee.
300

95% of the cranberries that are harvested are turned into what 3 things? Name at least 2 things. Remember only 5% of the cranberry crop is sold as fresh berries during the fall.

What is cranberry juice, cranberry sauce, or craisins (dried cranberries)

300

Wisconsin ranks number ____ for corn production 

What is #3 in the USA 

300

Wisconsin's state tree is the ______

What is the sugar maple.

300
40 gallons of sap boils down to ___ gallons of syrup.
What is 1 gallon.
300

Honey is made of _________ taken from flowers.

What is nectar.

400

The cranberry was named after a bird that the blossom resembled. The name of the bird is the _____.

What is a crane

400

We are #4 in the nation for producing this sweet breakfast topping 

What is maple syrup 

400

Ginseng is what part of the plant 

What is a root

400
The sap that drips into the collection buckets is _________ in color.
What is clear (or white).
400

A person who raises bees and collects their honey is called a ____________.

What is a beekeeper. Quick fact: There are 70,000 colonies of honeybees in Wisconsin! That's a lot of bees!

500
How do you know if a cranberry is a good berry or a bad berry? Hint: The berry is given 7 chances to _____.
What is bounce!
500

Idaho is number 1, but we are number 3 for this crop

What is potatos

500

Rock county leads the state in this crop 

What is soybeans 

500
The process for making maple syrup was discovered by _________________. (Europeans, Native Americans, colonists or Johnny Appleseed)
What are Native Americans. Remember: The Native Americans were the first people to live in North America. They lived for thousands of years before the first Europeans arrived. The Native Americans were the ones that taught the European settlers how to turn maple sap into maple syrup.
500
A hive can produce up to ___ pounds of honey each day.
What is 7 pounds. This is more than the bees need so the extra is taken and bottled for human use.