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6.1 Function and behavior Of Workers
What are the 4 temporal castes of...,
Describe the process of worker ot...,
Do all workers perform all tasks
38  cards
6.2 mating behaviour
When does the queen reach sexual ...,
How many weeks after emergence ca...,
What behaviour do workers exhibit...
26  cards
6.3 Egg Laying Behaviour
How many eggs can a queen lay per...,
What can cause a queen to go off lay,
How can workers vary the rate of ...
8  cards
6.4 Pheremones
Define a pheremone,
Define primer pheremone,
Define releaser pheremone
24  cards
6.5 Population Dynamics
What is the population between 10...,
Why are there fewer bees in winter,
When are the first drone eggs laid
9  cards
6.6 Social Organisation
What is eusociality,
Define a superorganism,
What is the queens role in social...
7  cards
6.7 Communication Methods
What are the 5 ways of communicat...,
Define trophallaxis,
How does trophallaxis work
31  cards
6.8 Queen Emergence And Behaviour
What mixture of hypopharyngeal an...,
How does the larvae become a queen,
How much more frequently is the q...
17  cards
6.9 Worker Emergence Behaviour
How are eggs attatched to the cell,
What happens when the egg hatches,
Why are the larvae designed for t...
18  cards
6.10 Piping
What is piping,
How does piping work,
What are the 3 types of worker pi...
10  cards
6.11 Foraging Behaviour
How many of the colony members ar...,
What is the average foraging sitance,
What direction do foragers land o...
17  cards
6.12 Orientation And Navigation
What are orientation flights for ...,
What are the two types of orienta...,
How is the sun used for orientation
7  cards
6.13 Guarding And Defence
What is the different between a c...,
Who are guard bees,
Describe the behaviour of guard bees
17  cards
6.14 Balling Beahviour
What is balling behaviour,
Give an example of why apis melli...,
Give an example of apis cerana ba...
3  cards
6.15 Collection Of Nectar And Water
How much nectar will a colony col...,
Why is nectar collected,
What are the allocation and reall...
20  cards
6.16 Nectar To Honey Conversion
How is the nectar collected by th...,
What is the crop capacity,
What is the average nectar load i...
12  cards
6.17 Collection Of Pollen
How many lbs of pollen can a colo...,
What are the 5 steps of pollen au...,
What does a pollen forager do upo...
10  cards
6.18 Collection Of Propolis
What is the annual requirement of...,
What is propolis made of,
List some plant species that prov...
14  cards
6.19 Behaviour Prior To Swarming
What pheremone drives swarm intia...,
What initates the swarming process,
How can congestion cause swarming
11  cards
6.20 Supersedure
Why is supersedure important,
What happens to the old queen dur...,
What is inefficent supersedure th...
6  cards
6.21 Swarming
What are the 3 stages of swarm se...,
Why is the bivoack stage of a swa...,
What pheremone compoents are impo...
31  cards
6.22 Comb Building
What resources are needed to fill...,
How do the bees snese gravity whe...,
What are the requirements to prod...
27  cards
6.23 Winter & Summer Behaviours
What are the negatives of too war...,
How does the clny control co2,
How does fanning help decrease co2
20  cards
6.24 Laying Workers And DLQ
What happens to worker policing o...,
What prevents workers laying eggs,
What state do the worker ovaries ...
9  cards
6.25 Pests Pathogens And Parasites
What effect does nosema have on b...,
What effect does tropilaelaps hav...,
What effect does small hive beetl...
8  cards
6.26 Grooming
What are the two types of grooming,
What age of worker will be a cleaner,
What is important about queens gr...
11  cards
6.27 Learning Behaviour
Define latent observational learning,
Define associative learning,
Give examples of latent observato...
7  cards
6.28 Entrance Behaviour
At the hive entrance what do isol...,
At the hive entrance what does a ...,
Who wrote at the hive entrance an...
15  cards
6.29 Other Insects
Give an example of a solitary bee,
How do red mason bees osmia bicor...,
What does the red mason bee do up...
27  cards

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