Whats All the Buzz About

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Whats All the Buzz About?
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Q Honeybees have how many wings?
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A Four
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Q Honeybees have how many eyes?
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A Five
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Q Name the honeybees that have a stinger.
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A Females(Queen and worker bees)
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Q Put these in order from youngest to
oldestadult, pupa, larva,
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A Larva, pupa, adult
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Q How long does it take for the Queen to hatch?
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A 16 days
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Q What is beebread?
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A a mixture of pollen and honey fed to
developing larvae.
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Q Name two jobs of the worker bees.
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A Feed the Queen, Feed the Drones, clean the
hive, guard the hive, forage for nectar, make
honey, build the cells, and much more.
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Q What is the first job of the Queen when she
hatches?
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A To kill the other queens!
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Q What happens to a worker bee after she stings?
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A She dies.
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Q What aged person should not eat honey?
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A an infant, (a baby less than one year old).
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Q What is the proper way to remove a stinger?
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A Always scrape in a sideways motion with a
knife, credit card or fingernail, do not use
tweezers to pull!
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Q What medical device can be used to prevent a
severe allergic reaction to bee stings?
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A An Epi pin.
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What percentage of the population has a severe
allergy to bee stings?
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A Less than 1!
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Q Which bee can sting repeatedly?
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A The Queen.
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Q The Queen bee can livea. for one seasonb.
for 4-5 years c. for 20 years
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A The Queen can live for 4 or 5 years!
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Q What did Native Americans call honeybees as
new settlers came over from Europe?
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A White mans flies!
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Q What percentage of our food is pollinated by
the honeybee?
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A 30
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Q What is the official name of the beekeeper?
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A Apiarist
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Q Name three types of honeybees in a hive.
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A Queen, workers, drones.
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Q How many Queens live in a hive?
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A One
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Q How many sides on a honeycomb cell?
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A six
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Q How does a beekeeper force bees out of a hive?
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A He uses a smoking device.
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Q How do forager bees communicate a new food
source to the worker bees?
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A They do a bee dance!
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Q Name the body part where wings and legs are
attached on the honeybee.
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A Thorax
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Q What is the proboscis?
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A A long hairy tongue