Bee questions 4 Flashcards
When do the cells get covered?
- Queen: 3+5 = 8 days
- Worker: 3+6 = 9 days
- Drone: 3+7 = 10 days
How many tons of honey is produced?
- Annual production in the world: 1,2 - 1,4 million tons
- Europe: 204.000 tons
How many beehives in EU?
- 16 million
Susceptible age in Acute Bee Paralysis?
- 2-4 day old workers
Who is susceptible to Kashmir Bee virus?
- Mainly workers
How many eyes does the queen have?
- 1 oculus containing about 4500 eyes
Which one has reduced mouth parts?
- Drone
Which gland produces the royal jelly?
- Hypopharyngeal gland
What is the causative agent of Black Queen Cell disease?
- Black queen cell virus
Which one has the highest number of eyes?
- Drone! (9500)
Is Tropilaeleps present in Europe?
- No (not yet)
Can the nosema infected workers start to forage earlier?
- Yes
Which is zoonotic?
- Stone brood (Aspergillosis)
How many days is the development in the egg?
- 3 days
how many eyes in compound eye of worker?
- 4500 (answer says 4000-5000)
Foul smell coming from AFB or EFB?
- EFB
Which has fish-glue like smell?
- AFB
Where do bees mate?
- Mates 1 time at a hight of 100 meters and then die (drones)
If worker bees can’t fly and are slow at collecting nectar, they’re infected with..
- Sacbrood virus
Who has the longest larval stage?
- Drone
Varroa is an infestation of: adult, larvae or both?
- Both
Varroa overwinters in: adult, brood, both?
- Adult
Secondary pathogen causing foul smell in EFB?
paenibacillus alvei
What enzyme makes honey from pollen?
- Invertase
What order are bees in?
- Hymenoptera
How many drones are in the hive in the winter?
- None!
How far away is food source when bees do the waggle dance? Less than 10, greater than 100, neither?
- Greater than 100 meters
What is chalk brood?
- Fungi
What stage of moth is destructive?
- larval stage
Which one also affect the head?
- Stone brood
Which one does not affect the head?
- Chalk brood
- Larvae and adults are susceptible to
- Varroosis, Stonebrood
This virus is over 300nm (dsDNA virus)
- Filamentous virus
How long does it take for the milk to curdle in EFB?
- At least 1,5 minutes
Which pathogen causes sour smell in EFB?
Enterococcus faecalis
Describe the waggle dance and its purpose
- The bees use this to inform the others where to find food when it is more than 100 meters away. Using the location of the sun and gravity to show the
way
Acarapis woodi which is infectious: female, fertile female, male, both female and fertile female
- female
Is small hive beetle a notifiable disease?
yes
How long does it take to develop an embryo? (he means how many days from egg to larvae)
- 3 days
What is bee wolf?
- A wasp, Philanthus trangulum
Which virus causes a black cell and something more
- Black queen cell virus (BQCV)
Where do bees mate?
- Environment
What is chalk brood?
- Fungus!
Apimyasis caused by Senotainia tricuspis? True/false question
- True
The Tropilaelaps has a longer reproductive cycle than Varroa? True/false question
- False
What is the infective part of EFB? cyst, spores, vegetative, vegetative + spore
- Vegetative
