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