Q 01/05

A honey bee's sting releases isoamyl acetate as an alarm signal, a chemical that smells of which fruit?

A) Lemons

B) Cherries

C) Bananas

D) Coconuts

Answer · why

C) Bananas

Bananas get their sweet smell from isoamyl acetate, which is sold as banana oil. A stinging bee leaves the same chemical behind as a beacon that draws...

Q 02/05

Which California crop brings in over a million beehives each February, the largest managed pollination on Earth?

A) Almonds

B) Avocados

C) Oranges

D) Grapes

Answer · why

A) Almonds

Almonds depend so heavily on honey bees that migratory beekeepers truck hives from across the United States to California's orchards for the bloom.

Q 03/05

Which beehive invented by Stuart and Cedar Anderson raised over $12 million in crowdfunding by promising honey on tap?

A) Warré hive

B) Dadant hive

C) WBC hive

D) Flow Hive

Answer · why

D) Flow Hive

Flow Hive frames hold plastic cells that split apart, so the honey drains out without anyone opening the box. The father-and-son campaign drew nearly ...

Q 04/05

Which large moth squeaks when alarmed and mimics the scent of bees so it can raid hives for honey?

A) Elephant hawkmoth

B) Death's-head hawkmoth

C) Broad-bordered bee hawkmoth

D) Hummingbird hawkmoth

Answer · why

B) Death's-head hawkmoth

Death's-head hawkmoth adults carry a skull-shaped mark on the thorax and walk through hives unchallenged. The insect also appears in the film The Sile...

Q 05/05

Which Virginian president recorded that Native Americans called the honey bee "the white man's fly"?

A) George Washington

B) James Madison

C) Thomas Jefferson

D) James Monroe

Answer · why

C) Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson pointed out that the honey bee was not native to North America, and that tribes read its arrival as a sign that settlers were not far...