1. history and importance of beekeeping

Question 1

how much of global food production depends on crops pollinated by bees

Answer 1

35%

Question 2

what do honey bees provide?

Answer 2

honey
pollen
wax
propolis
royal jelly
venom

Question 3

what does honey bees face threat from

Answer 3

disease
climate change
management practices

Question 4

What is colony collapse disorder?

Answer 4

the phenomenon that occurs when the majority of worker bees in a colony disappear and leave behind a queen, plenty of food and a few nurse bees to care for the remaining immature bees and the queen

Question 5

when was the first bee recorded to be existed ?

Answer 5

130 million years ago

Question 6

where was the earliest recorded bee found

Answer 6

myanmar

Question 7

what were bees originally and what are they now

Answer 7

used to be predators and are now vegetarians

Question 8

2 species of bees which are truly domesticated :

Answer 8

apis mellifera
apis cerana

Question 9

order of bees

Answer 9

Hymenoptera

Question 9

the western honey bee

Answer 9

Apis mellifera

Question 10

the eastern honeybee

Answer 10

apis cerana

Question 11

the giant honey bee

Answer 11

Apis dorsata

Question 12

the red dwarf honeybee

Answer 12

apis florea

Question 13

the himalayan giant honeybee

Answer 13

apis laboriosa

Question 14

the philippine honeybee

Answer 14

apis nigrocincta

Question 15

what are african honey beeds?

Answer 15

Known as “killer bees”
hybrids btw European stock and East African lowland subspecies A.m scutellate

Question 16

what is the most wideley distributed bee?

Answer 16

apis mellifera ligustica