Class Insecta: Order Hymenoptera BEES

Question 1

bees

Answer 1

20,000 species

-bees play an important role in ecosystems by pollinating flowering plants

Question 2

colonial (caste system)

Answer 2

use of queens, drones, workers

Question 3

behavior

Answer 3

honey bees perform an elaborate dance to communicate nectar sources to other members of the hive

Question 4

anatomy

Answer 4

most bees are fuzzy and carry and electrostatic charge that aids in the adherence of pollen

Question 5

killer bees

Answer 5

are a hybrid strain of honey dee derived from experiments to cross european and african honey bees, several queen bees escaped from a laboratory in south america and have spread throughout the americas

Question 6

nocturnal bees

Answer 6

bees from four families crepuscular (evening); these bees have greatly enlarged ocelli (eyes) which are extremely sensitive to light and dark, many are pollinators of flowers that themselves are crepuscular (evening primroses)

Question 7

bees and humans

Answer 7

bees have figured prominently in mythology and have been used by political theorists as a model for human society

Question 8

honey producers

Answer 8

usefull as this and as pollinators (bee-keeping or apiculture)

Question 9

apiculture

Answer 9

collect honet beeswax and the purpose of pollinating crops well developed in egypt and documented by roman writers

Question 10

mead

Answer 10

alcoholic beverage created by fermenting honey with water and sometimes other fruits (melomel) spices (metheglin) hops or grapes (pyment)