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TV1103 Livestock Production part 1
TV1103 Livestock Production part 1
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Queens mate with Drones of the same hive
False
True
2
What eggs can a Queen lay?
Worker and Drone eggs
Worker eggs only (fertilised)
Drone eggs only (unfertilised)
3
Worker bees can only lay drone eggs
True
False
4
What is true for the role of Drones?
Partake in hive temp control (beat wings to cool, shiver to warm up)
Are responsible for foraging in place of young workers
Mate with virgin Queen (hang out in congregation with other drones)
Pretend to be defensive (able to sting) to protect the hive
5
With how many hive is a beekeeper considered commercial?
10+
200+
100+
50+
6
How many Worker bees are in a typical hive?
20,000-40,000
30,000-50,000
20,000-30,000
10,000-20,000
7
All Drones are males
True
False
8
What act is the previous statement quoted from?
Biosecurity Act 2012
QLD Biosecurity Act 2012
QLD Biosecurity Act 2014
Biosecurity Act 2014
9
Workers can be male or female
True
False
10
As hives are a monoculture they don't have health concerns
False
True
11
Qhat is the Queen's development time?
16 days
90 days
24 days
21 days
12
What is true for Queen bees?
Life span 3-6yrs
Moves freely throughout the hive
Life span 3-4yrs
Multiple queens prepared at once, 1 survives & kills others
13
The Queen stays in the hive except to mate or swarm (maintains sperm to fertilise eggs after 1 mating flight)
True
False
14
What is true for bee bread?
Is sealed with honey in brood cells
Is a mixture of pollen and saliva
Is sealed with wax in brood cells
Is a mixture of nectar and saliva
15
2.7kg honey = 0.45kg wax
False
True
16
What are some common types of hives?
Top bar
Warre
Flowhive
Langstroth
17
How long is a Worker bee lifespan?
8wks
6wks
5wks
3wks
18
What are the steps in making honey?
Nectar-enzyme mixture dried in cells by air flow and wing beats
Nectar regurgitated multiple times
Nectar is taken up by probiscus and stored in sac
Once honey is dried enough the cells are capped
19
What is true for a Drone's lifespan?
Must mate before it dies
6 wks long
Die's after mating as intestines are ripped out
90 days long
20
What is the correct order of wax development?
C, A, B, D
A, D, C, B
A, B, C, D
A, C, B, D
21
A standard hive can cost from $300-500
True
False
22
What is the correct order of events for robbing a hive?
A, B, C, D, E
D, E, B, C, A
D, E, C, A, B
D, E, A, C, B
23
What penalties may you incur for failing to report risks of disease or restricted pests?
Charges
Jail time
Fines
24
When robbing if there's too much water in uncapped cells fermentation can occur (not good)
False
True
25
What information regarding hive health is accurate?
All bees are fed the same so are all healthy
If the hive moves, they can be exposed to a new disease
Nutrition varies depending on the type of bee (i.e. Drone, Worker, Queen)
26
How long is the Drone development?
90 days
24 days
21 days
16 days
27
How can someone make money from a hive? (other then selling one)
Pollination services
Selling replacement queens
Honey sales, wax, royal jelly
Selling plants with a higher nectar content to increase honey yield
28
Oxytetracycline hydrochloride (OTC) antibiotic prescription animal remedy (PAR) is used to control European foulbreed
False
True
29
Drones are diploid
True
False
30
What is the hive considered?
A group of bees with 1 queen
A single organism
A swarm of bees living together
31
What are the developing Worker bees fed?
Pollen/Bea bread
Honey
Royal jelly
Nectar
32
What are common restricted pests in QLD?
Asian honeybee
American foulbreed
European foulbreed
Buff-tailed bumblebee
33
What are Drone's fed?
Royal jelly
Nectar
Honey
Bee bread/pollen
34
Foraging is the least energy intensive role in the Worker bee life
True
False
35
What's the comparison between the Workers and the Queen?
They are genetically the same
They are genetically different
Possess different dominance traits that determine heirarchy
Possess epigenetic differences (methylated DNA determines gene expression)
36
How long is the Worker bee development?
24 days
21 days
90 days
16 days
37
What is the developing Queen fed from the nurse bee?
Nectar
Honey
Royal Jelly (stops DNA methylation)
Bea bread (flower pollen)
38
In healthy hives very few drones are produced
True
False
39
What is the main honey producing species is Australia?
Tetragonula carbonaria (Australian Stingless bee)
Apis mellifera (European honeybee)
Apis cerana (Eastern honeybee)
40
What is robbing a hive?
Stealing the queen bee
Removing full capped frames with honey from the hive
Stealing the entire hive
Removing the brood stock so numbers can't replenish
41
An entity that owns 1< bee hive, must apply to Department of Agriculture & Fisheries for biosecurity
False
True
42
What is the usual order of role change for Worker bees?
Attend queen, tending brood, cleaning & capping cells, guard hive, forage
Cleaning & capping cells, attend queen, tending brood, guard hive, forage
Tending brood, attend queen, cleaning & capping cells, forage, guard hive
43
What makes up honey?
Pollen
Enzymes
Nectar (taken up by probiscus & stored in sac)
Royal jelly
44
A single Queen egg is laid when the current queen is getting old/unproductive
False
True
