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Bees Waggle Dance

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)

Worker bee

1.

Tend to queen, guard the hive entrance

b)

Drone

2.

males that mate with the Queen

c)

Queen

3.

Carries all the genetic traits

2.

Package bees will contain a ​ (a)   , multiple workers, and a feeder filled with ​ (b)   syrup.

The most common method of queen introducing is using the ​ (c)   method. The worker bees become familiar with the new queen as they slowly ​ (d)   their way through the food ​ (e)   in her cage.

Choose from the below words
queen
sugar
indirect
eat
plug
3.

Purchasing a ​ (a)   hive gives you a jump start in ​ (b)   growth. However, this approach is a bit ​ (c)   than package bees, as the honeycomb can spread ​ (d)   and disease from the ​ (e)   hive to your hive.

Choose from the below words
nuclear
colony
riskier
pests
donor
4.

This will contain a queen, multiple workers, and a feeder filled with sugar syrup.

a)

Package Bees

b)

Nucleus Hive

5.

This approach is a bit riskier than package bees, as the honeycomb can spread pests and disease from the donor hive to your hive.

a)

Package bees

b)

Nucleus hive

6.

This approach is a bit riskier than package bees, as the honeycomb can spread pests and disease from the donor hive to your hive.

a)

Package bees

b)

Nucleus hive

7.

When gathering bees, what is NOT something you need

a)

Proper enclosed clothing with hood

b)

smoker to calm bees down

c)

sugar/water syrup

d)

tank top and shorts

8.

 Bees can be directed toward the hive by puffing smoke ​ (a)   them, encouraging them to move in the ​ (b)   direction (toward the container).

Choose from the below words
behind
opposite
9.

Bees communicate flower location using special ​ (a)   inside the hive. One bee dances, while other bees ​ (b)   to learn the ​ (c)   to a specific flower patch. The dancing bee smells like the ​ (d)   patch, and also gives the watching bees a ​ (e)   of the nectar she gathered.

Choose from the below words
dances
watch
flower
taste
directions
10.

Bees communicate about where flower patches by

a)

Dancing

b)

flying

c)

talking

d)

flapping their wings

11.

The dancing bee ​ (a)   back and forth as she moves forward in a ​ (b)   line, then circles around to repeat the dance. The length of the ​ (c)   line, called the waggle​ (d)   , shows roughly how ​ (e)   it is to the flower patch.

Choose from the below words
waggles
straight
middle
run
far
12.

The midline of the circle for the bees is the

a)

Waggle run

b)

Waggle crawl

c)

Wiggle run

d)

Wiggle crawl

13.

Bees dance with the waggle run at a specific angle ​ away from ​ (a)   up. Outside the hive, bees look at the position of the ​ (b)   , and fly at the same angle ​ (c)   from the sun.

Choose from the below words
away
sun
straight
14.

If you look at the waggle dance pictures inside and outside of the hive, which direction does the bee always go from the sun?

a)

Counter clockwise

b)

Clockwise

15.

If the sun is straight up in the air, NOON, what directions will the bee take with a 90 degree angle?

a)

To the right

b)

Straight down

c)

To the left

16.

In this dance, the bee walks in a ​ (a)   , turns around, then walks the same circle in the ​ (b)   direction. She repeats this many times. Sometimes, the bee includes a little ​ (c)   as she’s turning around. The ​ (d)   of this waggle is thought to indicate the ​ (e)   of the flower patch she has found.

Choose from the below words
circle
opposite
waggle
duration
quality
17.

What tells the other bees the quality of the round dance?

a)

The size

b)

The duration

c)

The direction

18.

Bee pollen is a mixture of flower ​ (a)   nectar (a sweet watery plant substance), and bee ​ (b)   (spit) packed into the hive.

Bee Pollen is made by ​ (c)   and is the ​ (d)   of the young bee. It is considered one of nature's most completely nourishing foods as it contains nearly all ​ (e)   required by humans.

Choose from the below words
pollen,
saliva
honeybees
food
nutrients