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