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bees/Apiculture

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the indigenous species of honey bee

(a)  

2.

Nature of honey is

a)

Acidic

b)

Alkaline

c)

Neutral

d)

Turn basic after few days

3.

Apis dorsata is used to refer to

a)

Little Bee

b)

Indian Bee

c)

European Bee

d)

Rock Bee

4.

Where do honeybees live?

a)

beehive

b)

nest

c)

hill

d)

leaf

5.

What is the bee's housing called?

a)

nest

b)

hexagon

c)

beehive

d)

bungalow

6.
What do bees drink from flowers?
a)
Honey
b)
Nectar
c)
Water
7.

Amongst honey bees, the workers are:

a)

Female

b)

Male

c)

Both male and female

d)

Hermaphrodite

8.

I was attacked by a ______ of bees

a)

Group

b)

army

c)

swarm

d)

swam

9.

Apis is genus of ..............

a)

Bumble bee

b)

Honey bee

c)

Tiger bee

d)

House fly

10.

Which insects produce honey?

a)

Crickets

b)

Honeybees

c)

Butterflies

d)

Ladybirds

11.

Apiculture, the study of bees is otherwise known as

a)

Entomology

b)

Melittology

c)

Apicology

d)

Melliferology

12.

This bee lays eggs.

a)

queen

b)

drone

c)

comb

d)

worker

13.

Most bees live together in colonies. A colony consist of:

a)

Worker, drones, and a queen

b)

Workers, dancers, and a queen

c)

Workers, dancers and a king

d)

Workers, drones, and a king

14.

The worker bees performs outdoors duties and that bees are called as......

a)

foragers

b)

fanners

c)

builders

d)

processors

15.

Pollen basket is present in ---------- legs of worker bee

a)

metathoracic

b)

mesothoracic

c)

prothoracic

d)

none of them

16.

Worker bees are developed in ....... days

a)

21

b)

24

c)

27

d)

18

17.

Number of worker in each colony is.....

a)

thousands

b)

few hundred

c)

one

d)

ten

18.

Which force is important to maintenance of colony and its social organization

a)

Centrifugal force

b)

Centripetal force

c)

Cohesive force

d)

Pseudo force

19.

Which of the castes are developed by fertilized eggs

a)

Queen and drone

b)

Worker and Drone

c)

Queen and Worker

d)

Only worker

20.

The food of queen larva is

a)

Royal jelly

b)

Royal jelly and bee bread

c)

Royal jelly and nectar

d)

Bee bread

21.

Which are the females of honey colony

a)

Queen and worker

b)

Queen and Drone

c)

Worker and Drone

d)

Only queen

22.

Which caste of the honey bee produce honey and bee wax

a)

Worker

b)

drones

c)

queen

d)

worker and queen

23.

In whole life queen fertile by drones ......... times

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

24.

Workers lays about ............ eggs

a)

1500

b)

150

c)

2000

d)

Non of them

25.

The sole function of queen is

a)

Perform indoor duties only

b)

Egg laying

c)

Perform outdoor duties only

d)

Protection of hive

26.

The drones are identify by following character .......

a)

Enlarged eyes

b)

Enlarged antenna

c)

Small eyes

d)

Abdominal segments

27.

Nuptial flight is occur in honey for......

a)

mating

b)

food gathering

c)

protection from enemy

d)

cleaning the hive

28.

Which is the fertile female of honey bees?

a)

Queen

b)

Drone

c)

Worker

d)

none of them

29.

Which castes are present in honey bees

a)

Queen

b)

King

c)

Drones

d)

Workers

30.

The hill and plain strain type honey bees are the strain of ...............

a)

Apis florea

b)

Apis dorsata

c)

Apis mellifera

d)

Apis indica

31.

Mostly which species is not used in beekeeping

a)

dorsata

b)

mellifera

c)

indica

d)

cerana

32.

Parallel combs are prepared by......

a)

Apis dorsata

b)

Apis mellifera

c)

Apis indica

d)

Apis florea

33.

Large honey colony build by ........

a)

Apis dorsata

b)

Apis mellifera

c)

Apis indica

d)

Apis cerana

34.

Garden bee is the common name of ....... honey bee

a)

Apis indica

b)

Apis dorsata

c)

Apis cerene

d)

Apis florea

35.

Honey bees belongs to order ........

a)

Hymenoptera

b)

Diptera

c)

Hemoptera

d)

Odonata

36.

Which is the indigenous species of honey bee

(a)  

37.

Honey increase the production of plants because of

a)

Self pollination

b)

Reproduction

c)

Cross pollination

d)

Non of them

38.

Apis is genus of ..............

a)

Bumble bee

b)

Honey bee

c)

Tiger bee

d)

House fly

39.

An idiom about bees?

a)

Busy bees

b)

A bee is busy

c)

As busy as a bee

d)

Bees are busy

40.

Cultivating honeybees for honey is called

a)

Sericulture

b)

Serum Culture

c)

Apiculture

d)

Agriculture

41.

This does not travel from flower to flower by itself

a)

Petal

b)

Pollen

c)

Fruit

d)

Shoot

42.

Which honeybee lays eggs?

a)

Queen Bee

b)

Worker Bee

c)

Drone Bee

d)

Light Bees

43.

We get beeswax from ________

a)

Candles

b)

Bee hives

c)

Wasps

d)

Trees

44.

Where do honeybees live?

a)

Pollen

b)

Flowers

c)

Bee hives

d)

Honey

45.

What is the shape of the honeycomb?

a)

Square

b)

Hexagonal

c)

Rectangular

d)

Octagonal

46.

How many legs do honeybees have?

a)

9

b)

4

c)

8

d)

6

47.

Which part of flowers cause allergies in people?

a)

Petals

b)

Stems

c)

Branches

d)

Pollen

48.

What are the various ways in which Beekeeping is harmful for the environment?

a)

Threat to native bees

b)

Exploitative competition

c)

Extinction of honey bees

d)

Extensive pollination - Over plant growth

49.

Who is the Father of American Beekeeping?

a)

Lorenzo Langstroth

b)

Cedar Anderson

c)

Domini Machood

d)

Charles Dadant

50.

Which of the following type of bees are found very less number in the bee hive?

a)

Worker Bee

b)

Queen Bee

c)

Male Bee

d)

None of these

51.

The place where bees are reared are called

a)

Apiary

b)

Apiculturing

c)

Bee wax

d)

Bee hives

52.

What is the other name for Apis cerana indica?

a)

Western Bee

b)

Indian bee

c)

Nepalian Bee

d)

Rock Bee

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