Apiculture MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. Among honey bees, workers are

1. Male
2. Female
3. Male and female both
4. Hermaphrodite

2. Apis dorsata refers to

1. Rock bee
2. Little bee
3. Indian bee
4. European bee

3. Apis is a generic name of

1. A fish
2. Lac insect
3. Honey bee
4. Prawn

4. Honey bee is of greatest use to man due to which reason

1. We get honey from them
2. Helps in cross pollination
3. Is of medicinal value
4. Entertains

5. Honey is

1. Alkaline
2. Acidic
3. Neutral
4. Basic after some days

6. Honey is

1. Nectar of flower
2. Nectar stored in the honey sac
3. Nectar mixed with saliva and stored in honey sac
4. Nectar and water sucked by the honey bee

7. Honey mainly consists of

1. Polysaccharides
2. Disaccharides
3. Monosaccharides
4. Fats

8. How does the bee carry the pollen back to its colony?

1. In its body
2. On its front legs
3. On its middle legs
4. On its rear legs

9. How long does a worker bee live in the summer?

1. about 2 weeks
2. about 2 months
3. about 4 months
4. about 6 months

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

1. 16 days
2. 19 days
3. 21 days
4. 24 days

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

1. 16 days
2. 19 days
3. 21 days
4. 24 days

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

1. 16 days
2. 19 days
3. 21 days
4. 24 days

13. How many corners (sides) does a honeycomb cell have?

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 8

14. How many days does the egg stage last?

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

15. How many eggs can a queen lay one day?

1. 500
2. 1000
3. 1500
4. 2000

16. How many legs does a bee have?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 6
4. 8

17. How many queens usually live in a bee colony?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

18. How many segments are there in the abdomen of the worker bee?

1. 2
2. 4
3. 6
4. 8

19. How many wings does a bee have?

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

20. How many worker bees make up about 1 kilo?

1. 32,000 bees
2. 24,000 bees
3. 17,000 bees
4. 11,000 bees

21. If a honey bee is conveying an information, by round dance then the distance of source will be about

1. 1000 meters
2. 50 meters
3. 2000 meters
4. 150 meters

22. In honey bee royal jelly is secreted from

1. Corp gland
2. Wax gland
3. Pharyngeal gland
4. Salivary gland

23. In honey bees the drones (males) are produced from

1. Unfertilized eggs
2. Fertilized eggs
3. Larvae fed by royal jelly
4. Fasting larvae

24. In which bee barbless sting is found

1. Drone
2. Workers
3. Queen bee
4. In all the three

25. In which bee wax glands are found

1. Queen bee
2. Drone
3. Workers
4. Both in queen and worker bees

26. In which part of the body Pollen basket is found in the honey bee

1. Prothoracic leg
2. Mesothoracic leg
3. Metathoracic leg
4. At union of thorax and abdomen

27. Life span of worker bee is

1. 10 days
2. 15 days
3. 6 weeks
4. 10 weeks

28. Nobel prize winner for the discovery of method of interpersonal communication in honey bee is

1. Von Frisch
2. H.G. Khorana
3. Harvey
4. Darwin

29. Number of queens in a hive is

1. 10
2. 15
3. 20
4. 1

30. Queen is specified for

1. Administration
2. Making hive
3. Egg laying
4. Collection of food

31. Sting apparatus in honey bee is a modified form of

1. Wax glands
2. Ovipositor
3. Alkaline glands
4. Podical valves

32. The benefits of honey bees are

1. Honey and pollination of flowers only
2. Honey and wax only
3. Wax and pollination of flowers only
4. Honey, wax and pollination of flowers

33. The fertile female honey bee is called

1. Queen
2. Worker
3. Drone
4. King

34. The honey bees exhibit a type of dance to communicate the location of food. This is known as

1. Waggle dance
2. Tap dance
3. Round dance and waggle dance
4. Break dance

35. The stimuli through which a dancing scout bee communicates the location of a food source to other worker bees in a hive are

1. Visual
2. Acoustic
3. Contact
4. Contact and visual

36. There is a ____________ on the outer surface of the hind tibia in the workers honey bee

1. Tarsus
2. Pollen basket
3. Hook
4. Hairs

37. What colour can the honey bee not see?

1. Red
2. Blue
3. Green
4. Yellow

38. What colour is the bees blood?

1. Red
2. White
3. Clear
4. Black

39. What does pollen consist of mainly?

1. Carbohydrates
2. Protein
3. Fat
4. None of the three

40. What does the bee use to orientate itself when flying during overcast weather without sunshine?

1. 3 simple eyes
2. the 2 compound eyes
3. antennae
4. legs

41. What does the beekeeper feed the bees with?

1. Milk
2. Herbs
3. Sugar
4. Fruit

42. What is apiculture

1. Culture of aqueous animals
2. Culture of lac insect
3. Culture of honey bee
4. Culture of prawn

43. What is not a bee product?

1. Honey
2. Beeswax
3. Nectar
4. Bee poison

44. What is the International Federation of Beekeepers called?

1. FIS
2. FIFA
3. IOC
4. Apimondia

45. What is the maximum life of a queen?

1. 6 months
2. 1 year
3. 3 years
4. 5 years

46. What is the name given to a colony of bees

1. A Supergrass
2. A Superorganism
3. A Collective
4. A Family

47. What is varroa?

1. a fungus
2. a bacterium
3. an insect
4. an arachnid mite

48. When honey is stored in the honey sac, it is mixed with the

1. Enzymes for the production of fructose and glucose
2. Saliva for increasing the quantity
3. Preservative to keep honey for long time
4. Water to make the nector less viscous

49. Where are the most varroa usually found?

1. in the cells of developing workers
2. in the cells of developing queens
3. in the cells of developing drones
4. on the adult bee

50. Where is the surplus honey stored in the bee colony?

1. under the offspring or brood nest
2. above the brood nest
3. in the brood nest
4. in front of the brood nest