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WorksheetsBeekeeping History
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the agriculture of bees called?
Horticulture
Apiculture
Bombaculture
Honeyculture
What was the primary method of beekeeping more than 10,000 years ago?
Using honey extractors
What is this called and how is it made (read answers carefully)?
A skep, made from concrete
A birdhouse, made from wood
A skep, made from woven material
A nest, made from grass and twigs
Domestication of honeybees was documented around 4500 years ago by the...
Vikings
Egyptians
Mesopotamians
Myans
True or false: Many ancient beekeeping methods relied on destroying the whole colony
What was the first kind of hive with mobile combs?
The Langstroth Hive was invented in the...
1800s
1600s
1700s
1900s
Langstroth hives allowed for better separation of the brood nest and honey using...
Smoke
Queen excluders
What kind of bee was bred by a German monk in the early 1900s?
Carniolan
European
Buckfast
Africanized
Approximately how much is the US beekeeping industry worth?
$100 million
$700 million
