Beekeeping-Marina

What is beekeeping?

• keeping bees hostage

• occupation of owning and breeding bees

• occupation of making honey

Beekeepers should check on their hives once a _______

• week.

• day.

• month.

• year.

What is the most common bee used in beekeeping?

• the stinging kind

• French

• Bumblebee

• Italian Honeybee

The three reasons people do beekeeping

• Food, Honey, Pollination

• Hobby, Parents make them, They like bugs

• Commercial, Hobby, Side Job

What did they use in 2500 BC that they still use in beekeeping today?

• Sticks to beat the bees

• Smoke to confuse the bees

• Super boxes to house the bees

Bees are important because

• they balance the earth.

• some plants and animals would go extinct without them.

• 1/3 the food we eat is from bee pollination.

• All of the above

What is the first step in beekeeping.

• start the hive

• buy supplies

• take a class

• buy bees

What is royal jelly?

• jelly the queen puts on her toast

• another name for honey

• a nutrient secreted for larvae and the queen

Which picture is a hive tool?

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What does a queen excluder do?

• queen trap

• keeps queen out of honey super

• gives the queen food