Products Of Honey Bees

Question 1

Hobbyist

Answer 1

Small scale beekeeper that keeps bees for personal reasons and does not seek to generate an income

Question 2

Sideliner

Answer 2

Small to medium scale beekeeper that usually has a full time job but keeps bees for a second income

Question 3

Commercial

Answer 3

Large scale operator that keeps bees as a primary source of income

Question 4

Marketable goods

Answer 4

Bees, honey, beeswax, propolis, pollen, pollination, royal jelly, venom, apitherapy

Question 5

1 medium frame holds how much honey

Answer 5

4lbs

Question 6

Each bee collects ___ of honey in its lifetime

Answer 6

1/12 tsp

Question 7

Amount of surplus honey a colony can produce

Answer 7

50-100 lbs per year

Question 8

10 frame super is approximately ___ lbs when full

Answer 8

40lbs or 3 gallons

Question 9

Deep frames can hold

Answer 9

1/2 a gallon 7-8lbs per frame

Question 10

Cut comb honey is what

Answer 10

Honey in its purest form. Cut from comb and placed in seal containers.

Question 11

Extracted honey is what

Answer 11

Honey removed from comb and filtered

Question 12

Crush and strained

Answer 12

Requires no equipment. Just a pale and filter. Destroys comb. May produce cloudy honey if bee bread is in comb

Question 13

Granulation

Answer 13

All honey will form sugar crystals. Certain nectar may cause faster. Easily dissolved in warm water bath

Question 14

Darkening

Answer 14

All honey darkens over time

Question 15

Three ways to sell honey in SC

Answer 15

Honey house, exemption, home based food production

Question 16

Honey must have _____ approved by ______

Answer 16

Labels, SCDA

Question 17

Who may apply for an exemption or sell honey under SC home based food production law

Answer 17

Small scale honey producers

Question 18

What’s the difference between filing as RVC or filing as an exemption

Answer 18

RVC requires and inspection but can sell anywhere Exemption requires no inspection but is limited where sold

Question 19

Requirements for clean honey house

Answer 19

Insect tight location, washable surfaces, clean water source hot and cold, protected lighting, electrical source, and separate bathrooms

Question 20

Approved labeling requirements

Answer 20

Must include Honey, business name, address where packaged, net weight in standard and metric, only need ingredients list if something has been added (adulterated)

Question 21

Altered honey

Answer 21

Blended, crystallized, powdered, or creamed. Basic label is fine

Question 22

Adulteration honey

Answer 22

Addition of flavors, extracts, dyes or other sweeteners. Requires list of ingredients and nutrition label

Question 23

RVC stands for

Answer 23

Registration Verification Certificate

Question 24

Small scale producers must produce less the _____gallons a year to be allegeable for exemption

Answer 24

400

Question 25

Can only sell directly to the Consumer

Answer 25

Honey Exemption restriction

Question 26

Approved honey houses are inspected _______ by SCDA

Answer 26

Annually

Question 27

Allows some foods that do not require refrigeration to be sold in groceries and retail stores

Answer 27

Home-based food production act. Must be in original packaging and label as so.

Question 28

What effects honey crop potential

Answer 28

Colony size and health, weather, plant communities

Question 29

When is most the surplus honey made

Answer 29

Spring

Question 30

Can be productive but bees need to prepare for winter

Answer 30

Fall

Question 31

Has isolated but productive nectar flows

Answer 31

Summer

Question 32

When do you add supers?

Answer 32

Just before nectar flows

Question 33

Where do bees get most nectar from during spring and early summer

Answer 33

Trees and winter cover crops

Question 34

Where do bees get most nectar from a n mid to late summer

Answer 34

Agriculture crops, landscape ornamental and wildflowers

Question 35

Where do bees get nectar in fall

Answer 35

Perennial wildflowers

Question 36

Candles, cosmetics, woodworking, food preservative, lubricants, reuse in hive

Answer 36

Uses of beeswax

Question 37

Grades of beeswax

Answer 37

Fresh capping (white), honey comb, brood comb

Question 38

Wax capable of consumption and cosmetic

Answer 38

Honey cappings

Question 39

Rendering honey means

Answer 39

Separates wax from cocoons and other impurities.

Question 40

Beeswax melts at ____degrees f

Answer 40

145

Question 41

Renders was with sunlight

Answer 41

Solar wax melter

Question 42

Are any regulations required for beeswax processing facilities/labels if not intended for consumption.

Answer 42

No

Question 43

Collection and storage of propolis

Answer 43

Collect with a screen with gaps less then 1/4 inch. Stored in freezer or dissolved in alcohol and bottled.

Question 44

What can pollen be used for

Answer 44

Refeeding bees, human consumption. No lable or processing requirements