Q 01/05

Honey is sweet mainly because of high concentrations of which two sugars?

A) Fructose and glucose

B) Sucrose and lactose

C) Maltose and sucrose

D) Lactose and galactose

Answer · why

A) Fructose and glucose

It has roughly the same relative sweetness as table sugar, and a tablespoon carries about 43 kilocalories.

Q 02/05

Besides floral nectar, honey bees also make honey from the sugary secretions of which insects?

A) Ants

B) Aphids

C) Butterflies

D) Termites

Answer · why

B) Aphids

That sticky liquid is called honeydew, and honey made from it tends to be dark and strong-tasting.

Q 03/05

What shape are the cells of a honeycomb?

A) Octagonal

B) Circular

C) Hexagonal

D) Square

Answer · why

C) Hexagonal

Bees eat roughly 8.4 pounds of honey to secrete a single pound of the wax the comb is built from.

Q 04/05

Properly stored honey does not spoil. Which two properties are the main reason?

A) Its wax content and colour

B) Its low temperature and thickness

C) Its salt and its enzymes

D) High sugar concentration and acidity

Answer · why

D) High sugar concentration and acidity

Bees also add glucose oxidase, which produces hydrogen peroxide and gluconic acid, both of which suppress bacteria.

Q 05/05

Cuevas de la Araña, with 8,000-year-old cave paintings of humans foraging for honey, is in which country?

A) Spain

B) France

C) Egypt

D) Turkey

Answer · why

A) Spain

The famous image shows a figure on a ladder or ropes reaching into a wild nest while bees fly around.