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| Is beeswax lighter or heavier than water? What is its melting point? |
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| Beeswax is a _____ compound |
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| How is beeswax collected? |
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| melt cappings from honey extraction in a mould, beeswax will float and can be collected |
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| What nutrients are found in pollen |
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placed at bottom of hive entrances
-hardward cloth that bees must pass through, scrapes pollen off bees legs |
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| What is an appropriate schedule for pollen trap use? |
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-only in strong colonies
-alternate biweekly on and off during bloom |
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| Where does propolis come from? |
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| gum from trees and shrubs |
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| What are the preservative properties of propolis? |
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Bees use propolis as an entrance reducer |
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| How is propolis obtained? |
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scape hive parts
insert plastic/metal materials between super & inner cover which simulates cracks, bees will fill it in |
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| What do people use propolis for |
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varnish/polish wood
treat wounds/burns/ulers in folk medecine
additive to toothpaste, creams, mouthwashes |
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| What part of the bee produces royal jelly? What bees produce it? |
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| head glands on young worker bees |
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| What does royal jelly look like? |
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| creamy-white viscous solution |
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| What does royal jelly contain (5) |
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sugar
protein
fatty acids
Vit C
Vit B |
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True or False
Colonies used to produce royal jelly do not have a queen |
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| How is royal jelly collected? |
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| graft larvae onto artificial queen cells, introduce to queenless hive, 3 days later collect royal jelly w spoon/vacuum and discard larvae |
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| How much royal jelly does each artificial queen cell provide? |
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True or False
Royal jelly must be refrigerated |
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| Is royal jelly used for food, mediine or cosmetics? |
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food & cosmetics
not enough medicinal evidence |
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| How is bee venom collected? |
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| electrical grids which shock bees, trigger them to release venom which will dry out and can be scraped off |
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| What is bee venom used for? |
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desensitize people with allergies to bee stings
folklore - arthritis treatment but no proof |
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| transfer of pollen grains from anthers (male) to stigmas (female) |
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| After being deposited on the ____ of a flower, a pollen tube grows from a pollen grain and travels down the ____, resulting in fertilization of ovules contained in the _____ of flowers. |
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True or False
Pollination is a necessary step in the sexual reproduction of flowering plants |
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| What are the types of pollination? |
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Self
-tranfer of pollen to flowers of same plant, or other plants of same variety
Cross
-transfer of pollen to different varieties of flowers |
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| What is abiotic pollination? Is it more or less common than biotic? |
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pollination by wind/water
less (<10% are abiotic) |
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| Almost ___ of our diet relies on pollination done, mainly by bees |
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| Estimated value of agricultural crops resulting from pollination services |
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| How have bees specialized to pollinate? |
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hairs & baskets on legs to carry pollen pellets
fidelity (will forage on single plant species) |
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| How many bee species are there? How many in Canada? |
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True or False
Alfalfa is a crop which relies heavily on managed pollination |
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True or False
Many other insect species are more efficient pollinators than bees on a per-insect basis |
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true
but bees will visit a large number of plants vs other insects |
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| What is the main part of a beekeeper's income? |
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| What is the most important consideration when managing bee colonies for pollination? |
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| need strong colonies to supply plenty of foragers! |
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| Beeswax is secreted from the ___ gland |
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