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A) 35 °C (95 °F) B) 20–22 °C (68–72 °F) C) 22–25 °C (72–77 °F) D) 50 °C (122 °F)
A) 7–10 °C (45–50 °F) B) 20–22 °C (68–72 °F) C) 35 °C (95 °F) D) 22–25 °C (72–77 °F)
A) 15 °C (59 °F) range B) 30 °C (86 °F) range C) 45 °C (113 °F) range D) 10 °C (50 °F) range
A) Evaporative cooling B) Shivering C) Passive body-temperature regulation D) Regurgitating honey
A) Asphyxiation B) Shivering C) Conduction D) Evaporative cooling
A) Flight distance and wind speed B) Age and hive size C) Color and honey production D) Caste and expected foraging rewards
A) 22–25 °C (72–77 °F) B) 30 °C (86 °F) C) 35 °C (95 °F) D) 20–22 °C (68–72 °F)
A) Through its mouth B) Through its abdomen C) Through its stinger D) Through its wings
A) Through the head B) Through the legs C) Through the abdomen D) Through the wings
A) A nectar bubble B) A wax particle C) Hemolymph bead D) A honeycrop droplet
A) 5 °C (9 °F) B) 10 °C (18 °F) C) 22 °C (72 °F) D) 35 °C (95 °F)
A) Below 7–10 °C (45–50 °F) B) Below 15 °C (59 °F) C) Below 0 °C (32 °F) D) Below 20 °C (68 °F)
A) Above 50 °C (122 °F) B) Above 45 °C (113 °F) C) Above 30 °C (86 °F) D) Above 38 °C (100 °F)
A) 42 °C (108 °F) B) 38 °C (100 °F) C) 35 °C (95 °F) D) 50 °C (122 °F)
A) Shivering B) Thoracic heating C) Evaporative cooling D) The thermal defense exhibited by Apis cerana
A) Apis mellifera ligustica B) Apis mellifera mellifera C) Apis mellifera cypria D) Apis cerana
A) Through high temperatures B) Through starvation C) Through asphyxiation D) Through venomous stinging
A) Heritable genotypic differences B) Phenotypic plasticity C) Environmental temperature D) Random genetic mutation
A) Heritable genotypic differences B) Gene expression differences C) Phenotypic plasticity differences D) Dietary differences during larval stages
A) Worker B) Forager C) Queen D) Drone
A) Size varies randomly regardless of caste B) Workers are larger C) Queens are larger D) They are the exact same size
A) Mandible B) Abdomen C) Head D) Thorax
A) Drone egg B) Unfertilized egg C) Female egg D) Diploid male egg
A) Bee bread B) Royal jelly C) Honey only D) Mixed pollen and nectar
A) Vitamins B) Flavonoids C) Lipids D) Sugars
A) Nectar mash B) Bee bread C) Hive mix D) Brood paste
A) Prospective workers B) Prospective queens C) All larvae equally D) Prospective drones
A) Five B) Four C) Three D) Two
A) A lack of royal jelly in the hive B) Excessive cold weather in winter C) The hive is filled with honey, leaving little room for new eggs D) The old queen dies suddenly
A) A small fraction B) None of them C) About half D) All of them
A) Swarming B) Supersedure C) Colony collapse D) Emergency supersedure
A) Honey stores B) Queen pheromones C) Royal jelly D) Bee bread
A) Standard supersedure B) Brood termination C) Emergency supersedure D) Natural swarming
A) They are placed outside the hive entirely B) They are built out from comb cells C) They are identical to drone cells D) They are painted with propolis
A) The sides of the entrance B) The top of the hive C) The center of the honeycomb D) The bottom of a frame
A) Diagonally B) Upside down C) Horizontally D) Vertically
A) Rolled into a ball B) Horizontal position C) Head-upward position D) Head-downward position
A) She pushes through the bottom B) Workers open it for her C) It dissolves in royal jelly D) She chews her way out
A) They tear down the cell B) They feed her honey C) They cap (seal) the cell D) They move the cell to the bottom
A) To a distant flower field B) To the highest tree branch C) To another established hive D) To a drone congregation area
A) Inside the hive B) On a leaf surface C) On the ground D) In midair
A) Dummy queens with the queen pheromone B) Flower blossoms C) Worker bees coated in pollen D) Small wooden sticks
A) Only once B) Never C) Exactly twice D) Multiple times
A) Until her spermatheca is full B) Until the workers stop her C) Until winter arrives D) Until she runs out of energy
A) The queen B) The drones C) The workers D) The foragers
A) In the early fall B) In the early spring C) During a heavy nectar flow D) In the midsummer
A) Only when summer begins B) In mid-autumn C) In late winter when the days lengthen D) When the old queen dies
A) Late summer B) Spring C) Winter D) Autumn
A) Over 500 eggs B) Over 10,000 eggs C) Exactly 100 eggs D) Over 2,500 eggs
A) As it is laid in a worker-sized cell B) Before it is formed in her body C) After it is placed in a drone cell D) Only when the workers request it
A) Stored sperm from the spermatheca B) Pollen nutrients C) Royal jelly secreted by workers D) Nectar collected from flowers
A) They develop into new queens B) They are fertilized with extra sperm C) They are left unfertilized D) They are immediately destroyed by workers
A) No genes B) The exact same number of genes C) Twice as many genes D) Half as many genes
A) Queens B) Foragers C) Drones D) Workers
A) Hermaphrodite B) Asexual C) Female D) Male
A) Fertilized, diploid eggs B) Drone eggs C) Pollen-fed eggs D) Unfertilized, haploid eggs
A) Because workers outlive the queen by years B) Because the queen lives outside the hive C) Because workers are stronger than the queen D) Because the queen is occupied solely with reproducing
A) Ignore them completely B) Exile them C) Raise them D) Compete with them for food
A) Leave the hive to become foragers B) Transform into worker bees C) Leave the nest to start their own colony D) Take over the current queen's exact position immediately
A) Defend the drone congregation area B) Defend the flowers from other insects C) Defend the swarm site from rain D) Defend the colony
A) fast-flying or social B) sweet-tasting or nectar-producing C) hive-building or winged D) honey-bearing or honey-carrying
A) Fertile females capable of laying all eggs B) Fully fertile queens in training C) Sterile males that do not forage D) Normally non-reproductive females
A) Fertile males B) Sterile workers C) Non-reproductive females D) Fertile egg-laying females
A) Critically Endangered B) Extinct in the Wild C) Data Deficient D) Least Concern
A) Antarctica B) Asia C) Africa D) North America
A) Australia or New Zealand B) Africa or Asia C) North America or South America D) Antarctica or Europe
A) 50 B) 7 C) 12 D) 31
A) Branch C B) Branch M C) Branch O D) Branch A
A) Branch M B) Branch C C) Branch O D) Branch A
A) Pollen tracking analysis B) Behavioral observation in deserts C) Mitochondrial DNA analysis D) Wing venation measurement
A) Darwin B) Mendel C) Ruttner D) Linnaeus
A) Symbionts B) Superorganisms C) Megacolonies D) Ecosystems
A) All of them B) Only ten percent C) Approximately two-thirds D) Exactly one-fourth
A) Swarming B) Dancing C) Foraging D) Piping
A) Haplodiploidy B) Metamorphosis C) Parthenogenesis exclusively via diploid cells D) Polyploidy
A) 50% B) 25% C) 90% D) 10%
A) The temperature dropping below freezing B) Day length C) The arrival of spring rain D) The appearance of the first drone
A) Radiation toxicity B) Plastics toxicity C) Pesticide toxicity D) Heavy metal toxicity
A) Forming a winter cluster B) Migratory swarming C) Producing honey without pollen D) Hibernating for six months
A) Two B) Three C) Five D) Four
A) Another two weeks B) Another week C) Another month D) Another three days
A) Brood B) Nymphs C) Drones D) Larvae
A) Haploid (male) offspring B) Sterile offspring C) Queen offspring D) Diploid (female) offspring
A) A mutated leg B) A specialized antenna C) An internal gland D) A modified ovipositor
A) Near the entrance B) Near the center C) At the very top D) Scattered randomly
A) All of them B) One-half C) Three-quarters D) One-quarter
A) One-quarter B) Three-quarters C) None D) One-half
A) Thermoregulation B) Anarchic syndrome C) Worker policing D) Kin selection
A) Forced altruism B) Group starvation C) Anarchic syndrome D) Natural selection failure
A) Worker policing B) Queen-worker conflict C) Anarchic syndrome D) Haploid mutation
A) Deoxyribonucleic acid B) Adenosine triphosphate C) Ribonucleic acid D) 8-Oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine
A) Charles Darwin B) Karl von Frisch C) Gregor Mendel D) Jacobus Biesmeijer
A) The vibration dance B) The waggle dance C) The round dance D) The jerking dance
A) Visual sense B) Olfactory sense C) Tactile sense D) Auditory sense
A) No B) Only for close food sources C) Yes D) Only in summer
A) 71% B) 50% C) 92% D) 64%
A) 64% B) 92% C) 71% D) 50%
A) 71% B) 92% C) 50% D) 64%
A) Inactive bees B) Returning worker bees C) Experienced foragers D) Dwarf honey bees
A) Yes B) No C) Only the waggle dance is effective D) Only the round dance is effective |