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Question : 1.Apiculture is the scientific method of
rearing 

Answer : Honey Bees

Question : 2.The generic name of which of these is
Apis? 

Answer : Honey bee

Question : 3.Apis dorsata is used to refer to 

Answer : Rock bee

Question : 4.The honey bee is of greatest use to mankind
as: 

Answer : Helps in cross-pollination

Question : 5.How many queens usually live in a bee
colony? 

Answer : 1

Question : 6.How does the bee carry the pollen back to
its colony? 

Answer : On its rear legs

Question : 7.How many corners (sides) does a honeycomb
cell have? 

Answer : 6

Question : 8.What is the name of the bees' dance when
nectar can be collected in fewer than 100 metres? 

Answer : Round Dance

Question : 9. How long does the development of a worker
bee take from laying of egg to emerging as a fully formed adult? 

Answer : 24 days

Question : 10.How long does the development of a male bee
(drone) take? 

Answer : 21 days

Question : 11.How long does the development of a queen
take? 

Answer : 16 days

Question : 12.What is the life span of Queen bee? 

Answer : 5 years

Question : 13.How many eggs can a queen lay one
day? 

Answer : 2000 eggs

Question : 14.Does the male bee have a sting? 

Answer : No

Question : 15.Does the sting of the queen have sharply
barbed hooks which prevent it being withdrawn? 

Answer : No

Question : 16.How many segments are there in the abdomen
of the worker bee? 

Answer : 8

Question : 17.Amongst honey bees, the workers are: 

Answer : Female

Question : 18.Honey is

Answer : Nectar mixed with saliva and stored in the honey
sac

Question : 19.Where is the surplus honey stored in the
bee colony? 

Answer : above the brood nest

Question : 20.Which one is exotic bee? 

Answer : Apis mellifera

Question : 21.Stingless bee is 

Answer : Dammer Bee

Question : 22.What is the International Federation of
Beekeepers called? 

Answer : Apimondia

Question : 23.European bee/ Italian bee- Apis mellifera yields honey per year 

Answer : 30-40 Kg

Question : 24.Which one is not bee product? 

Answer : Nectar

Question : 25.What is Varora? 

Answer : an arachnid mite