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EVS 317 Beekeeping Exam Newest 2025 Complete Questions And Correct Answers (Verified Answers) |Already Graded A+
What is the sex of a drone bee? Are they haploid or diploid? - ANSWER-Male, haploid
What is the primary function of Drone bees? - ANSWER-To mate with the virgin queen
How do they differ in appearance and function from the queen and workers? - ANSWER-They are the larger than workers, their only function is to eat and make flights to the drone congregation area to mate with a virgin queen.
How long do drones live? - ANSWER-They may live for just a few weeks or up to 4 months.drones die once they mate.
What is a drones development time? - ANSWER-24 days
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What happens to drones in the winter? - ANSWER-At the end of the summer, or when the going gets tough, they're the first to be kicked out of the colony, so as not to drain resources.
Do drones feed themselves? - ANSWER-No
Do drones make honey, wax, or bee bread? - ANSWER-No (absolutely useless big dum dum buzzers)
What is the sex of worker bees in the colony? - ANSWER- Female
Are workers haploid or diploid? - ANSWER-Diploid
Do workers have ovaries? Can they lay eggs? - ANSWER-Yes to both!
What are the various tasks of the worker bee, and at what age do they normally do them? - ANSWER-Days 1-3 Housekeeping - cleans and polishes cells for other eggs and honey and pollen storage.Days 3-16 undertaking removes dead bees from the hive. 2 / 3
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Days 4-12 Nurse bees, feeding and caring for the developing larvae. They feed pollen , honey and royal jelly produced from the hypopharyngeal gland in the worker bees head.Days 7-12 attending to the queen, they groom, feed, remove queen waste and coax the queen to lay eggs.Days 12-18 young worker bees take nectar from foraging bees and place it in cells. The act of exchanging food between nest mates is called trophallaxis. They add an enzyme to the nectar and fan it to remove the moisture and turn the nectar into honey.The pollen is also stored in cells as food for the brood as it is mixed with honey to make bee bread.Days 12-18 Fanning - The bees beat their wings or fan to create drafts to regulate the temperature of the hive. They also fan to release a pheromone from their Nassanoff gland that acts as an orientation message to returning foragers.Days 12-35 Builders - they produce flakes of wax from the wax gland on the underside of the bees abdomen. They help build new comb and in capping honey and cells.Days 18-21 Guarding - guard the hive from strange bees or other pests wanting to steal honey or eat bees.Days 22-42 field bee - Takes orientation flights and begins the last task of the honey bees life. Foraging for pollen, nectar, water, and propolis.
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