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Apiculture Quiz

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Honeybees are native to North America.
 

 2. 

When a honeybee stings you, it does no harm to the bee, only you.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 3. 

The only sexually developed female bee in the hive is the......
a.
queen
c.
soldier
b.
worker
d.
drone
 

 4. 

The bees in the hive that produce the honey and guard the hive are the .....
a.
queens
c.
soldiers
b.
drones
d.
workers
 

 5. 

Which of the five varieties or races of bees is the one most commonly used by beekeepers worldwide?
a.
German
c.
Caucasian
e.
African
b.
Italian
d.
Carniolian
 

Multiple Response
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
 

 6. 

We raise honeybees for the __________ they produce and the _______________ they provide to agricultural crops. (order of answers doesn’t matter)
 a.
honey
 c.
wax
 e.
pollen
 b.
nectar
 d.
pollination
 f.
propolis
 

Numeric Response
 

 7. 

There are approximately _____________ bee species in the world.

 

 8. 

Approximately how many honeybees can be found in the average hive? __________

 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 9. 

Lorenzo Langstroth is considered to the father of modern bee hive design because he discovered ______________  ___________, which is the 3/8” gap that is between each section of the hive.
 

 

 10. 

____________ bees are the longest lived of the three types in a hive; normally, they live for 2 to 4 years, if not longer.
 

 



 
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