History and Importance of Bee Keeping

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 vegetarian

Question 8

2 species of bees which are truly domesticated

Answer 8

apis mellifera

A. cerana

Question 9

order of bees

Answer 9

Hymenoptera

Question 10

the western honey bee

Answer 10

Apis mellifera

Question 11

the eastern honey bee

Answer 11

apis cerana

Question 12

the giant honey bee

Answer 12

Apis dorsata

Question 13

the red dwarf honeybee

Answer 13

apis florea

Question 14

the himalayan giant honeybee

Answer 14

apis laboriosa

Question 15

the philippine honeybee

Answer 15

apis nigrocincta

Question 16

what are african honey bees

Answer 16

hybrids b/w european and easy african lowland species
A.m. scutellate aka killer beed

Question 17

what is the most wideley distributed bee

Answer 17

apis mellifera ligustica

Question 18

why are honey bees critical to human health

Answer 18

blood sugar regulation
probiotic
healthy skin
provides nutrients
heals burns/ wounds
anti–bacterial / fungal
reduce ulcer

Question 19

most important honey producers

Answer 19

1, china
2. EU (southern europe)