This week's quiz takes on your knowledge of bees. See how much you know about these industrious insects, then check your answers in tomorrow's blog.
1. What ancient civilization used honey as currency, then later used the image of the bee minted into coins?
a. Egyptian
b. Babylonian
c. Roman
d. Sumerian
2. A single colony of honey bees can contain how many individuals?
a. 5,00-6,000
b. 10,000-15,000
c. 20,000-80,000
d. 120,000-150,000
3. What do adult worker honeybees do their first week on the job?
a. clean the hive
b. feed the young
c. make and repair wax cells
d. guard the hive
4. An Australian bee, called a "karbi," has an unusual way of dealing with intruders. What do they do?
a. Intruders are stacked in cells where they wait to be eaten by young bees.
b. Guards cooperate to grasp the intruders' limbs and stretch them to their full extent for an hour.
c. Intruders are paralyzed and used like hockey pucks.
d. Guard bees take intruders to the nearest body of water and hold their heads under water.
5. Fifteen of our 50 states hail the European honey bee as the official state insect. Which of the following states are included in these fifteen?
a. California and Arizona
b. Nebraska and New Jersey
c. Oregon and Idaho
d. Hawaii and Alaska
6. How many bees would it take to equal the weight of one M&M's plain chocolate candy?
a. 3-4
b. 5-6
c. 7-8
d. 9-10
7. How much does a queen bee have to eat each day to produce 2,000 eggs?
a. 5 times her weight
b. 20 times her weight
c. 50 times her weight
d. 80 times her weight
8. What is the average life span of a queen bee?
a. 7-8 weeks
b. 3-4 months
c. 10-12 months
d. 2-8 years
1 comment:
We all see in our day to day life, various things when we visit the park or forest or any other nature place. Different types of flies, insects, birds, etc. But when we see honey bee it creates fear if this bee stings then what it will create problem. But now these are also very good small bee's which provides us with honey.
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