Bee Medicine

Question 1

Approximately what portion of the U.S. diet is pollinated by bees?

Answer 1

(⅓)

Question 2

What level of a langstroth hive is where baby bees are made?

Answer 2

(Brood chamber)

Question 3

What level of a langstroth hive is where honey is made?

Answer 3

(The super levels)

Question 4

Are worker or drone bees female?

Answer 4

(Workers; drones are dudes and the queen is a female)

Question 5

(T/F) Worker bees are functionally sterile.

Answer 5

(T)

Question 6

Do worker or drone bees develop from unfertilized eggs laid by the queen?

Answer 6

(Drones)

Question 7

(T/F) The worker bees are the leaders of a bee hive.

Answer 7

(T)

Question 8

Social organization and division of labor within a bee colony is based on what?

Answer 8

(Age)

Question 9

What are the two types of mites that affect bee colonies?

Answer 9

(Varroa and tracheal mites)

Question 10

What is the fungal pest that reduces that lifespan of bee colonies and can affect the worker bee’s ability to produce brood food?

Answer 10

(Nosema apis or ceranae)

Question 11

What bee disease is caused by Paenibacillus larvae?

Answer 11

(American foulbrood)

Question 12

(T/F) Antibiotics used for American foulbrood do not eliminate the disease, instead minimize it.

Answer 12

(T)

Question 13

What bee disease is caused by Melissococcus plutonius?

Answer 13

(European foulbrood)

Question 14

What is the main treatment strategy used for European foulbrood?

Answer 14

(Requeening → breaks the reproductive cycle of the hive and results in no susceptible larvae, then workers clean out the brood chamber and the queen can be let out again)