Scout bees are: bees that fly in circles or randomly to locate new food sources

Bees as well as humans can see the following colours: blue, green, yellow

Only one of the following statements is true: the “breaking dance” is the signal to leave the hive when
swarming occurs

The main characteristic of all traditional hives used until the 17 th century was that: they had fixed combs

Only one of the following statements is true: bees are arthropods

The following is true for Apis dorsata: known as giant, nest on cliffs and trees, migrate for blossoms,
builds a single large comb, all of the above

Bees use the secretion of hypopharyngeal glands to: feed the queen and larvae 3 days old or younger

One of the functions of the exoskeleton on honey bees is: to provide structure and attachment for
organs and muscles

Approximately, how many managed hives of honey bees exist in the world: 55 milllion

What is fat body?: the storage organ for lipid and glycogen

In order to survive an entire year, a colony of honey bees requires approximately: 20-30kg of pollen and
60-80 kg of honey

If a returning forager dances and waggles her abdomen while moving upward (vertically) in straight line
on the comb that indicates that the food source she found is located: towards the suns position

The nervous system of the honey bee is composed of: brain and seven ventral (bottom) ganglia

Fertilized eggs can result in the development of: workers and queens

Segments of honey bee composed of three subsegments: thorax

The correct statement that applies to honey bees: the hind leg ius specialized for pollen packing

A mated queen can lay the following types of eggs: fertilized eggs AND unfertilized eggs

The following is true for drones: drones cannot sting

Worker bees may become precocious (early) foragers if: the older bees in the hive are lost AND the
beekeeper splits a colony and uses only young bees for the new colony

As the larva of honey bee grows, it moults, which means: it changes cuticle

Queen bees produce pheromones which: function as sexual attractant for drones

The jaws of bees are known as: mandibles

Stinging in honey bees is: mostly a defensive behavior AND fatal to the worker bee

Female bees have: an ovipositor modified to sting AND two pairs of wings AND three major body parts

Which of the following statements is false: beeswax originates from secretions of the thoraxic glands

Behaviour that enables worker bees to perceive colony needs: patrolling

Which of the following statements is true about the queen honey bee: none of the above (reduced
abdomen, 5000 eggs or more per day, mates all year)

The queen honeybee mates more than once with several drones

Age related tasks of worker honey bees usually take place in the following order from first to last: cell
cleaning, brood feeding, comb building, foraging

Only one of the following statements is true: mating between queens and drones only occurs outside
the hive

Bees start clustering together inside the hive when the external temperature drops below 13 degrees C

What type of info is conveyed by the bee performing the wagtail dance: direction AND quality AND
distance to food source

In today’s beekeeping world, Canada excels in: honey yield per colony

During the peak of the blooming season a forager usually lives: 28 to 35 days total

Why do bees show/expose their Nasonov gland: to release hive recognition pheromone to attract
nestmates

Only one of the following statements is true: red blood cells transport oxygen in bees blood THE ANSER
IS C PENIS F DRONE IS KNOWN AEDEAGUS

The regulation of bee behavior in a hive is influenced by: stimuli AND hormones AND genetic
predisposition AND age

The stage during which the developing honey bee undergoes the greatest amount of bodily
differentiation is called: pupa

Only one of the following statements is true: drones are expelled from hives as the weather cools in the
fall

Pupae are characteristic of: holometabolous insects

The most important flow clues that are attractive to bees include: flower scent and colour

In the above diagram, the following are represented: respiratory (screenshot)

Structure located in the legs that allows the bees to walk on flat surfaces: arolium

The division of labour in a honey bee colony is called: (temporal) polyethism

Guard bees are: become guards before becoming foragers AND determine nestmates by odor

How are bees able to find their way back and return to their hives after foraging?: they memorize
landmarks as they fly

In the honey bee diet, what constitutes the major source of protein?: pollen

Hymenoptera means: none of above (scale, membrane, helicopter, feathery) it mean order to which all
bees belong including ants wasps and parasitic insects

Hormone that influences the cell body differentiation: juvenile hormone

A male bee is a haploid individual because it: carries a single set of chromosomes from his mother

The proventriculus is: a valve regulating passage of food in the honey bee digestive tract

Detractors in von Frish’s interpretation thought….: scent

In order to transform nectar into honey, food-processing bees: evaporate water from nectar AND digest
complex sugars AND add invertase

During what season do honey bee colonies usually swarm: late spring

The sperm in the mature queen is stored in: spermathecal

Robber bees refers to: bees from another hive that try to steal food sources

Spiracles: are openings for in/out flow of air

The pollen basket of a worker bee is: the modified tibia of the hind leg

The main factor that differentiates development of queen and worker bee is: the quality of diet in the
first 3 days of larval development

Flower organs that produce pollen: anthers

Behaviour that enables worker bees to perceive colony needs: patrolling

Worlds two largest honey producers are: China and US

Total development time for: queen 16d, worker 21d, drone 24d

Besides apis millifera, other species of true honey bees include: Apis cerana AND Apis florea

The queen bee mates more than one with several drones
In which part of the worker bee is the antenna cleaner found?: fore legs

The largest and smalles of the three tpes of comb cells are: queen and worker

Two words used in binomial system of naming: genus and species

Stage of honey bee that contains embryo: the egg

The dorsal plates of the abdominal segments of a bee are known as: tergites

Organ where was is reabsorbed within the digestive system: rectum

Name of the organ of honey bees that functions similarly to kidneys in mammals: Malpighian tubules

Temperature in the nest of a brood rearing colony is: 33-35 degrees C

Bees belong to the following family of insects: Apidae

Bees belong to the order: Hymenoptera

Organ of bees that detect light intensity but do not generate visual images: ocelli

The large compound eyes of the drone are used to: locate the queen in mating congregation area

Supersedure refers to: the replacement of a queen because she does not lay sufficient eggs and/or
produces low amounts of queen substance

Trophallaxis in honey bees means: food pheromone exchange mouth to mouth between adult bees

How many ovaries a queen honey bee has: 2

Haemolymph is composed of: defense cells and plasma

The body hairs of bees are characteristically: branched and trap pollen

How do bees generate heat during the winter: they rapidly relax and contract their thoracic muscles

The five incremental steps through which larvae grow cells are known as: instars
Digestive system, ventriculous

Royal jelly is secreted by: hypopharyngeal glands

The apis mellifera is: the major honey-producing bee worldwide AND the most intensively studied insect
AND the most important managed pollinator of crop plants

The ventriculus of a honey bee: is an organ where food is digested and is located in the abdomen of the
bee

The name of the structures of honey bees which have functions similar to the lungs is: tracheae

During what season do bee colonies reach their population peak: mid summer

The heart of the bee is located at: the dorsal part of the abdomen

The three main sugars contained in nectar are: sucrose, glucose, and fructose

The honey bee dance language: are movements through which bees communicate to other bees the
location of flowers

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where wastes are stored and is located in the abdomen of the bee

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The regulation of individual bee behaviour in a hive is influenced by

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b)  hormones in the bee

c)  genetic predisposition of the bee

 d)  age of the bee

e)  all of the above

Organs of bees that detect light intensity but do not generate visual images… ANS: ocelli

Organ where water is re-absorbed within the digestive system. Rectum

Why are hiney bees good biological study subjects? All of the above

Honey bees hear by perceiving air bourn soundwaves through this organ. Johnston’s organ

Canadian beekeeping industry. the average annual honey yield per hive exceeds 60 kg

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Female bees have

Question 1 options:

a)  an ovipositor modified into a sting

 b)  two pairs of wings

c)  four major body parts

d)  three major body parts

e)  a), b), and d) are true

Question 2 (1 point)

 
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A mated queen can lay the following types of eggs

Question 2 options:

a)  fertilized eggs

b)  unfertilized eggs

c)  semi-fertilized eggs

d)  a) and b) only

e)  a), b) and c) are true

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In the above diagram, the following are presented

Question 3 options:

a)  nervous system, abdominal ganglia

b)  digestive system, nutrient flow in haemolymph

c)  digestive system, ventriculus

d)  excretory system, Malpighian tubules

e)  circulatory system, dorsal aorta

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Trophallaxis in honey bees means

Question 4 options:

a)  The death of the drone when copulation is over

b)  a special exercise for the bee

c)  feeding the brood mouth to mouth

 d)  food or pheromone exchange mouth to mouth between adult bees

e)  toxic shock by carbon dioxide accumulation in the hive

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In what continent beekeepers use mainly traditional hives to keep bees?

Question 5 options:

a)  South America

b)  Central America

c)  Africa

d)  Asia

e)  Europe

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In the honey bee diet what constitutes the major source of protein?

Question 6 options:

a)  pollen

b)  nectar

c)  honey

d)  floral tissue

 e)  water

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Which of the following statement is false

Question 7 options:

a)  honey bees transport nectar in their honey crop

b)  the main function of the bee’s ventriculus is to digest food

c)  male honey bees are produced by parthenogenesis

d)  spiracles are openings for in/out flow of air

e)  beeswax originates from secretions of thoraxic glands

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Spiracles

Question 8 options:

a)  are openings for in/out flow of air

b)  are outgrowths of the pleural sclerites

c)  assist in measurement of wind speed

 d)  sense air currents and keep flight level

e)  allow both ingestion and egestion of nectar

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Bees collect the following from flowers

Question 9 options:

a)  pollen

b)  propolis

c)  nectar

d)  honeydew

e)  a) and c) only

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Organ where water is re-absorbed within the digestive system

Question 10 options:

a)  proventriculus

b)  ventriculus

c)  the crop

d)  anterior intestine

 e)  rectum

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Hymenoptera means

Question 11 options:

a)  scale winged

b)  membrane winged

c)  helicopter shaped wings

d)  feathery winged

e)  none of the above 

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Bees that remove corpses of dead individuals from the hive are known
as 

Question 12 options:

a)  cleaners

b)  undertakers

c)  multiple task bees

 d)  buriers

e)  foragers

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Flower organs that produce pollen

Question 13 options:

a)  stamens

b)  corolla

c)  pistil

d)  petals

e)  anthers

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The main function of antennae sensilla in the honey bee is to perceive

Question 14 options:

a)  odours, CO2, humidity, flavours, temperature, and airflow

b)  only odours and CO2

c)  only temperature

 d)  light intensity

e)  a) and d) are correct

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The queen honey bee

Question 15 options:

a)  mates only once with a single drone

b)  mates more than once with several drones

c)  mates inside the hive with one of her brothers

d)  mates several times but always with the same drone

e)  c) and d) are correct

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The hormone that causes a larva to moult is called

Question 16 options:

a)  Nasonov hormone

b)  juvenile hormone

c)  cerebral hormone

d)  ecdysone
 e)  bursicon

Question 17 (1 point)

 
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One of the functions of the exoskeleton of honey bees is

Question 17 options:

a)  to allow bees to fly

b)  to provide structure and attachment for organs and muscles

c)  to allow the bee to sense environmental temperature

d)  none of the above

e)  all of the above

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Queens produce pheromones which

Question 18 options:

a)  are secreted from the tarsal glands

b)  function as sexual attractant for drones

c)  are used by the queens to feed larvae

d)  are used to deter drones

 e)  a) and b) are correct

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The compound eyes of honey bees are composed by

Question 19 options:

a)  dozens of facets called ommatidia

b)  hundreds of facets called ommatidia

c)  thousands of facets called ommatidia

d)  only 3 facets called ocelli

e)  only 1 facet per eye called focelli

Question 20 (1 point)

 
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The ommatidia are structures contained in the bee’s

Question 20 options:

a)  compound eyes

b)  sting apparatus

c)  midgut

d)  antennae
 e)  ocelli

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Pupae are characteristic of

Question 21 options:

a)  all insects

b)  ametabolous insects

c)  honey bees only

d)  hemimetabolous insects

e)  holometabolous insects

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Only one of the following statements is true

Question 22 options:

a)  bees dance only to communicate food sources to other bees

b)  the wagtail dance communicates amount of nectar per flower

c)  the “breaking dance” is the signal to leave the hive when swarming occurs
 d)  the “grooming dance” is performed by workers to repel other bees

e)  the sickle dance alerts bees when diseases are present in the colony

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Honey bees probably originated from a

Question 23 options:

a)  hornet

b)  beetle

c)  sphecoid wasp

d)  stingless bee

e)  bumble bee

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The three main sugars contained in flower nectar are

Question 24 options:

a)  sucrose, glucose and fructose

b)  sucrose, galactose and rafinose

c)  glucose, levulose and galactose

d)  glucose, starch and levulose

 e)  sucrose, maltose and galactose

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What type of information is conveyed by bees performing the wagtail
dance?

Question 25 options:

a)  direction to food source

b)  distance to food source

c)  quality of food (nectar)

d)  all of the above

e)  only a) and c)

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Organs of bees that detect light intensity but do not generate visual
images

Question 26 options:

a)  ommatidia

b)  ocelli

c)  facet
 d)  compound eye

e)  retinula

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The most important hive design of the 17 th century was developed by
the so-called “father of modern beekeeping”

Question 27 options:

a)  Charles Butler

b)  Nickel Jacob

c)  Richard Remmant

d)  Lorenzo Langstroth

e)  Anton Janscha

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In which part of a worker bee is the antenna cleaner found?

Question 28 options:

a)  hind legs

b)  middle legs

 c)  fore legs

d)  mouth parts

e)  abdomen

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The pollen basket of a worker bee is

Question 29 options:

a)  the modified foreleg

b)  the modified middle leg

c)  the modified tibia of the hind leg

d)  the crop which stores pollen

e)  the cells in which pollen is stored in the hive

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"Robber bees" refers to

Question 30 options:

a)  drones that have abandoned the hive

b)  bees from another hive that try to steal food stores
 c)  a caste of honey bee

d)  bees from another hive that try to kill the queen

e)  parasitic bees from a different species

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The two world’s largest producers of honey are

Question 31 options:

a)  Australia and New Zealand

b)  United States and Mexico

c)  China and the United States

d)  Canada and Argentina

e)  Germany and Russia

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Only one of the following statements is true

Question 32 options:

a)  worker bees of A. mellifera are haploid individuals

b)  one of the functions of the queen is to assign tasks to workers

c)  drones can be produced during all seasons in temperate countries

 d)  drones are expelled from hives as the weather cools in the fall

e)  the very first task of workers after emergence is to feed the queen

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Comb cells are used by honey bees for

Question 33 options:

a)  rearing brood

b)  depositing eggs into them

c)  storing nectar and pollen in them

d)  all of the above

e)  none of the above

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Royal jelly is secreted by

Question 34 options:

a)  salivary glands

b)  cerebral glands

c)  Nasonov gland

 d)  hypopharyngeal glands

e)  sting apparatus

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Age-related tasks of worker honey bees usually take place in the
following order from first to last

Question 35 options:

a)  brood feeding, cell cleaning, food processing, foraging

b)  cell cleaning, brood feeding, comb building, foraging

c)  food processing, queen tending, defense, foraging

d)  foraging, comb building, brood feeding, cell cleaning

e)  queen tending, comb building, cell capping, foraging

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The heart of the bee is located at

Question 36 options:

a)  the ventral (bottom) part of the abdomen

b)  the dorsal (top) part of the abdomen

 c)  the ventral (bottom) part of the thorax

d)  the dorsal (top) part of the thorax

e)  the sting chamber

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Behaviour that enables worker bees to perceive colony needs 

Question 37 options:

a)  foraging

b)  nursing

c)  guarding

d)  patrolling

e)  cleaning

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Honey bees probably evolved in

Question 38 options:

a)  Africa or Asia

b)  Europe

c)  the Americas

 d)  Pacific islands

e)  none of the above

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Worker bees may become precocious (early) foragers if 

Question 39 options:

a)  the older bees in the hive are lost

b)  the beekeeper splits a colony and uses only young bees for the new colony

c)  the youngest bees in the hive are lost

d)  the beekeeper splits a colony and uses only old bees for the new colony

e)  a) and b) are correct

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Fertilized eggs can result in the development of

Question 40 options:

a)  drones

b)  workers

c)  queens
 d)  drones and workers

e)  workers and queens

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Only one of the following statements is true

Question 41 options:

a)  the stinger of a queen bee is barbed

b)  the stinger of a worker bee is smooth

c)  the penis of the drone be is known as the aedeagus

d)  the stinging apparatus of a honey bees is composed of a 10-part shaft

e)  red cells transport oxygen in bee blood

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Honey bees hear by perceiving airborne sound waves through this
organ

Question 42 options:

a)  pedicel

b)  labrum
 c)  Johnston’s organ

d)  Caron’s organ

e)  arolium

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Which of the following statements is true about the queen honey bee

Question 43 options:

a)  has reduced abdomen

b)  can lay 5,000 or more eggs per day

c)  mates all year long

d)  a) and b) are true

e)  none of the above

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Honey bees belong to the order

Question 44 options:

a)  Apis

b)  Apoidea
 c)  Hymenoptera

d)  Coleoptera

e)  Diptera

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The “jaws” of bees are known as the

Question 45 options:

a)  maxilla 

b)  mandibles

c)  labrum

d)  labium

e)  flabellum

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The main factor that differentiates the development of a queen and a
worker honey bee is

Question 46 options:

a)  the length of time spent in the egg stage

b)  the quality of the diet within the first 3 days of larval development
 c)  the quality of the diet after the first 3 days of larval development

d)  whether or not the egg is fertilized

e)  a) and c)

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The division of labour in a honey bee colony is also known as

Question 47 options:

a)  ethography

b)  age ethology

c)  specialization

d)  job hierarchy

e)  polyethism

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Why are honey bees good biological study subjects?

Question 48 options:

a)  because they are social animals

b)  because it is easy to keep thousands of them in a hive

c)  because studies on them can teach us about human nature

 d)  all of the above

e)  none of the above

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The main characteristic of all traditional hives used until the 17 th
century was that

Question 49 options:

a)  they were made with straw

b)  they allowed inspection of the colony

c)  they had fixed combs

d)  all of the above

e)  none of the above

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The function of the crop of honey bees is

Question 50 options:

a)  to digest food

b)  to transport nectar

 c)  to produce gastric juices

d)  to transport pollen

e)  to carry food for emergencies

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