3. Tools of beekeeping. Life of the honeybee colony

Question 1

define apiary

Answer 1

location where hives are kept

Question 2

where do wild honeybees make hives?

Answer 2

• rock crevices
• hollow trees

Question 3

What is shallow supers? “C”

Answer 3

for “surplus” honey storage.
Bees store their extra honey in these for the beekeeper to take

Question 4

What is Hive bodies ? “E”

Answer 4

“Brood chambers” are the bee´s living quarters.
Queen lays eggs in these chambers and brood is raised.
Honey is also stored for the bee´s food

Question 5

how many tubes make up honey bee hives?

Answer 5

six sided tubes

Question 6

optimal temperature to control texture of the wax

Answer 6

30-35 C

Question 7

Which type of cells is in the honeycomb?

Answer 7

• drone cells
• worker cells
• queen cells

Question 8

shape of a drone cell

Answer 8

large hexagonal with a doomed cap

Question 9

shape of a worker cell

Answer 9

small hexagon with a flat cap

Question 10

shape of a queen cell

Answer 10

• large
• thimble shape
• hang vertically

Question 11

who produces the honey ?

Answer 11

only the worker bees

Question 12

Define strong colony:

Answer 12

• covers 7-8 combs
• 40-60 thousand workers

Question 13

Define week colony:

Answer 13

• covers less than 5 combs
• less than 30 thousand workers

Question 14

estimating a bee population with a 10x10cm comb

Answer 14

800-850 brood cells

Question 15

optimal temp of the brood

Answer 15

32-36 degrees

Question 16

how is optimal temp of the brood kept

Answer 16

• fanning wings to cool down
• metabolizing honey to heat it

Question 17

temperature of a winter cluster at the start of winter

Answer 17

27 degrees

Question 18

tempreture of a winter cluster when the queen resumes laying

Answer 18

34 degrees

Question 19

outside edges of the winter cluster temperature

Answer 19

8-9 degrees

Question 20

how much honey to they consume during the winter

Answer 20

15-50 kg to produce heat

Question 21

what is swarming

Answer 21

bees way of multiplying

Question 22

3 signs that bees are about to swarm

Answer 22

• start producing queen cells
• no more room in the brood box
• clusters of bees appear near the entrance of the hive
• The queen takes about half the worker bee

Question 23

honey bee dance

Answer 23

discovering a new food source - a way to signal the other bees

Question 24

two types of bee dances

Answer 24

• round dance
• waggle dance

Question 25

round dance

Answer 25

indicate the food source is less than 100 meters from the nest

Question 26

waggle dance:

Answer 26

food located at a distance of > 100 meter far