IIC

Question 1

Upon emergence from cell, the virgin queen leaves the hive, with the worker bee’s encouragement, flies some distance to what is known as ?

Answer 1

Drone Congregation Area (DCA)

Question 2

How many drones the queen mates with?

Answer 2

20 - 30 drone bees

Question 3

How many eggs a day can a queen lay?

Answer 3

2,000 eggs a day in her prime

Question 4

This pheromone passed via bee-to-bee contact results into?

Answer 4

Inhibit the enlargement of worker bees’ ovaries

Question 5

A substance that is in higher concentrations in queens

Answer 5

A yoke protein, Vitellogenin

Question 6

Vitellogenin’s effects?

Answer 6

Reduce oxidative stress by scavenging free radicals

Question 7

Before laying eggs, what does the queen bee do?

Answer 7

Measures the size of the cells with her antennae before laying at the base of the cell

Question 8

A drone bee from an unfertilized egg is by a process called as?

Answer 8

Parthenogenesis

Question 9

The receptor of the male drone antennae can detect an available queen up to?

Answer 9

60 m (195 ft) away

Question 10

This pheromone slows down the development of younger bees

Answer 10

Ethyl oleate

Question 11

The number of worker bees in a colony

Answer 11

60,000 - 80,000 or more bees