Session Two Homework

Homework 2/9/2016: Honey Bee Biology and Colony Dynamics

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1. What are the names of the castes of honey bees, and what is the function of each?
2. What are the three anatomical areas of the honey bee called?
3. How long does it take a worker bee to develop, from egg to emergence? A drone? A queen?
4. Please name the three “instars” (development stages) of honey bees.
5. What are the three most common races of bees kept in the US?
6. What are the four materials that bees gather?
7. How long is an adult worker a “house bee?” What does she become after that?
8. Are honey bees native to North America?
9. After being stung, what would be the symptoms of a serious reaction? What is such a reaction called?
10. How does “drone brood” differ in appearance from “worker brood?”