Bee diseases

Most honeybee parasites affect the hive when the hive is...

• when the hive is thriving
• during the winter months
• weak or stressed
• during the summer months

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The most common honey bee parasite is...

• Acarapis woodi
• Nosema apis
• Tracheal mite
• Varroa destructor

Varroa mites affect hive health primarily by...

• weakening bee navigation

• enhancing pollen collection
• weakening bees and transmitting viruses
• Causing sleepiness

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

True or False: The small hive beetle is a danger to all colonies, even strong ones

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Hive beetle larvae eating honey, spinning webs, and defecating all over the hives is called...

• cleaning out

• sliming out

• crashing out

• balling out

True or false: Hive moths mostly attack abandoned colonies

• True

• False

The most common disease spread by varroa is...

• Chalkbrood
• Deformed Wing Virus (DWV)
• American Foulbrood
• Nosema Disease

The disease caused by fungi and causes bee diarrhea is known as...

• Nosema
• Varroa
• American Foulbrood
• Chalkbrood

What bee disease is caused by bacteria and causes the larvae to turn stringy and slimey?

• Trashbrood

• Nosema Disease
• European Foulbrood
• American Foulbrood

Because treatments are expensive and spread is inevitable, what should you do with a colony affected by foul-brood?

• Treat the colony with antibiotics.
• Isolate the affected bees and monitor them.
• Continue normal management practices.
• Destroy/burn the affected colony and equipment.