Unit 1: intro to honey bees and beekeeping

Question 1

what kingdom are honey bees from

Answer 1

animalia

Question 2

what phylum do bees come from

Answer 2

arthropoda

segmented body and exoskeleton, lack backbones

Question 3

what class are honey bees in?

Answer 3

insecta

3 body regions, 3 pairs of legs, 1 pair of antenna, 1-2 pairs of wings

Question 4

what order do honey bees come from

Answer 4

hymenoptera

4 winged insects w. constricted abdomen

Question 5

what superfamily do honey bees come from

Answer 5

apoidea(10-11 families, bodis adapted to collect and transport pollen and nectar)

Question 6

what family are honey bees from

Answer 6

apidae

4 subfamilies: bumble, honey, orchis and stingless bees

Question 7

what genus are honey bees from

Answer 7

apis

true honey bees, 6 species within this genus

Question 8

what is the species name for honey bees

Answer 8

apis mellifera

common western honey bee

Question 9

what is the order of classification?

Answer 9

Kingdom
phylum 
class
order
superfamily 
family
genus 
species

Question 10

who is the father of modern beekeeping

Answer 10

Lorenzo Langstroth

Question 11

What did Lorenzo Langstroth do?

Answer 11

made the most important hive design-movable frames where bees built their combs

Question 12

who is the largest producer of honey

Answer 12

china

Question 13

who is world’s 4th honey producer

Answer 13

mexico

Question 14

how much more wax and honey do honey bees produce compared to stingless bees

Answer 14

4-5 times more

Question 15

state some facts about the queen bee

Answer 15

could be reared by bees from an egg or young larve, only bee that lays eggs/only reproductive female, the large bee is queen, they mate with drones.
They produce pheromones that help maintain colony cohesion, stimulate food foraging and regulate colony repro

Question 16

state some facts about male bees

Answer 16

they are called drones. 
they are barrel shaped.
develop from unfertilized eggs.
have 1/2 genetic material as females/
only function is to mate with females

Question 17

when and how do bees mate

Answer 17

spring and summer, in the air

Question 18

state some facts about non reproducing females

Answer 18

“worker bees”.
undeveloped repro organs
constitute majority of adult population in a hive.
perform most of the tasks in a colony

Question 19

what are bees believed to be evolved from?

Answer 19

sphecoid wasp ancestor

Question 20

where did they evolve?

Answer 20

africa or southeast asia