Quiz 3

Question 1

What % water is nectar?

Answer 1

80

Question 2

What sugars are nectar made of?

Answer 2

Sucrose, fructose, glucose

Question 3

What is pollen mainly comprised of?

Answer 3

Protein

Question 4

Invertase

Answer 4

Helps turn nectar into honey
Changes sucrose into equal parts fructose and glucose

Question 5

Where do bees release invertase from?

Answer 5

Salivary glands

Question 6

What % water is nectar when it’s deposited into the honeycomb?

Answer 6

20

Question 7

Supersaturated solution

Answer 7

This is what nectar is when it’s deposited in the honeycomb
Too much sugar for the water to be able to dissolve

Question 8

How is invertase added?

Answer 8

Continually added from constant exchange of nectar to different bees

Question 9

What can fructose:glucose ratio be affected by?

Answer 9

Types of plants the bees visit

Question 10

What can pollen in honey lead to?

Answer 10

Crystallization

Question 11

How many color categories of honey does the USDA have?

Answer 11

7

Question 12

What affects the color of honey?

Answer 12

Type of flower visited
Exposure to heat
Storage time

Question 13

What are the grades of honey?

Answer 13

A, B, C, substandard

Question 14

Strained honey

Answer 14

Most comb and propolis removed but some grain and air bubbles may still be present

Question 15

Filtered honey

Answer 15

Most or all air bubbles, pollen grains, and fine particles removed

Question 16

Terrior

Answer 16

How symbolic and practical definitions of the earth influence the taste of food and beverage

Question 17

What does Berenbaum say about whether honey is vegan?

Answer 17

No because it includes exploitation of the bees
It is kosher though because it’s not a direct product of the bees themselves

Question 18

Lorenzo Langstroth

Answer 18

Invented the first practical moveable hives

Question 19

How does sucrose in maple break down into fructose and glucose?

Answer 19

When exposed to bacteria and yeast

Question 20

Why does syrup get darker as the season progresses?

Answer 20

Higher temps
More microbial activity
Lower sugar content

Question 21

Epicenter of sugaring in VT

Answer 21

Fairfield, in Franklin County

Question 22

Splonsor et al 2017 research question

Answer 22

Comparing foraging quality of urban and agricultural landscapes

Question 23

Splonsor et al 2017 methods

Answer 23

Dance analysis and pollen decoding to figure out spatial and taxonomic patterns

Question 24

Splonsor et al 2017 results

Answer 24

Overall preference for agricultural over urban, but favored plant species are visited more regardless of location

Question 25

Bees’ preferred forage plants

Answer 25

Queen Ann’s lace
Goldenrod

Question 26

Stanley et al general findings

Answer 26

Honeybees are generalists and the plants they pollinate are generalists
In this study, honeybees were relatively low importance pollinators