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Beekeeping History

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the agriculture of bees called?

a)

Horticulture

b)

Apiculture

c)

Bombaculture

d)

Honeyculture

2.

What was the primary method of beekeeping more than 10,000 years ago?

a)
Collecting pollen from flowers instead of honey.
b)

Using honey extractors

c)
Keeping bees in artificial hives made of wood.
d)
Harvesting honey from wild bee colonies in tree hollows or caves.
3.

What is this called and how is it made (read answers carefully)?

a)

A skep, made from concrete

b)

A birdhouse, made from wood

c)

A skep, made from woven material

d)

A nest, made from grass and twigs

4.

Domestication of honeybees was documented around 4500 years ago by the...

a)

Vikings

b)

Egyptians

c)

Mesopotamians

d)

Myans

5.

True or false: Many ancient beekeeping methods relied on destroying the whole colony

a)
False
b)
True
6.

What was the first kind of hive with mobile combs?

a)
Langstroth hive
b)
Beehaus hive
c)
Warre hive
d)
Top-bar hive
7.

The Langstroth Hive was invented in the...

a)

1800s

b)

1600s

c)

1700s

d)

1900s

8.

Langstroth hives allowed for better separation of the brood nest and honey using...

a)

Smoke

b)

Queen excluders

c)
solid boxes
d)
fixed panels
9.

What kind of bee was bred by a German monk in the early 1900s?

a)

Carniolan

b)

European

c)

Buckfast

d)

Africanized

10.

Approximately how much is the US beekeeping industry worth?

a)
$2 billion
b)

$100 million

c)
$1 billion
d)

$700 million