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Question 1

is the home-equipment or structure
(wooden or other materials) that housed the
colony.

Answer 1

Hive

Question 2

is a location where bees
are kept.

Answer 2

Apiary or “bee yard”

Question 3

Importance of beekeeping

Answer 3

1. Pollination, fruit setting and seed yield of some
   plants.
   Honey bees are one of the most
   important pollinators influencing fruit setting
   and size and amount of seed yield of various
   plant species.
2. Honey bees products (honey, pollen, royal jelly,
   beeswax, propolis, and venom) have economic
   and medicinal values:
   - Honey, being a health and nutritious food,
   commands high price,
   - Pollen is high in protein, vitamins and minerals,

Question 4

Royal jelly contains what…?

Answer 4

Hormones that are good to the body and keep you young,

Question 5

Bee venom is known for its

Answer 5

apitherapy

Question 6

. Beekeeping increases awareness & people’s
participation or involvement in:

Answer 6

a. agroforestry, forest protection and
rehabilitation;
b. beautification;
c. health and nutrition; and
d. environment conservation.

Question 7

When does bees came to life?

Answer 7

Bees came to life some 58 million years earlier
than man. Man’s age is estimated about 2million years only.

Question 8

Spp that was first raised by man?

Answer 8

Apis mellifera L.

Question 9

Primitive beekeeping was practiced thousands of
years in the Middle East and Europe using

Answer 9

A. mellifera

Question 10

In Asia what bee was associated with man?

Answer 10

(Asiatic honey bee), Apis indica (cerana) F.

Question 11

Bee that’s mostly robbed for honey and wax.

Answer 11

Apis dorsata

Question 12

-Beekeeping in the Philippines started in…

Answer 12

1968 in luzon

Question 13

When did beekeeping started in mindanao? By who?

Answer 13

1980 in Panabo dav del norte

Question 14

Give me brief history of bee keeping

Answer 14

In 1968-beekeeping started in the Philippines in luzon
In mindanao it started in 1980 in panabo davdelnorte by Paul maxwell and fransisco de ocampo
1986_establishment o panabo beekepers mpc
In 1987-trainings by DOST XI
1990-Jeon huan oh established an apiary in USEP

Question 15

All of the Apidae are characterized by
the presence of _______ on the outer surface of each hind tibia

Answer 15

corbicula or pollen baskets

Question 16

Purpose of corbicula

Answer 16

To carry pollen and nest building materials

Question 17

Common honey bee

Answer 17

Alis mellifera- construct multiple combs in colony

Question 18

Giant honey bee

Answer 18

Apis dorsata and Apis laboriosa - constructs single comb

Question 19

Indian honey bee

Answer 19

Apis cerana and Apis indica- construcs multiple combs

Question 20

Dwarf honey bee

Answer 20

Apis florea - constructs single comb

Question 21

do not keep in regular hexagonal honeycombs
but their cells are cluster of oval barrels.)

Answer 21

Stingless bees, Trigona/Tetragunula biroi

Question 22

• The earliest Apini fossil specimens was found in
  ______from Eocene layers about 40
  million years old, classified under genus_____

Answer 22

Baltic Amber

Electrapis

Question 23

Give the common name
Apis mellifera mellifera L.

Answer 23

German dark bee