Q 01/05

How many eyes do honey bees possess?

A) Two

B) Five

C) Ten

D) Twenty

Answer · why

B) Five

Five: two large compound eyes build the picture, while three tiny simple eyes on top of the head register light levels and are thought to help the bee...

Q 02/05

A drone, the male honey bee, has what single job in the colony?

A) Foraging

B) Defence

C) Egg-laying

D) Reproduction

Answer · why

D) Reproduction

Reproduction is the drone's one job: to mate with a virgin queen on her nuptial flight, after which most die; males do not forage, defend the hive or ...

Q 03/05

Which resinous bee product seals cracks and protects the hive from pathogens?

A) Propolis

B) Beeswax

C) Royal Jelly

D) Pollen

Answer · why

A) Propolis

Propolis, or 'bee glue', is plant resin worked with wax and saliva; bees also use it to seal up intruders too big to drag out, such as a dead mouse, s...

Q 04/05

Roughly how long can a queen honey bee live?

A) A few weeks

B) A few months

C) A few years

D) A few decades

Answer · why

C) A few years

A few years: three or four is common for a queen, yet many beekeepers replace her after only a year or two, before she starts to slow down.

Q 05/05

Which color can bees see that is invisible to humans?

A) Infrared

B) Ultraviolet

C) X-rays

D) Microwaves

Answer · why

B) Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet sits at one end of a bee's colour range, which runs through blue to green and stops short of red; petal patterns invisible to us point bee...