Apiculture

Q.

Why are honeybees so important?

1. They are excellent pollinators.

2. They show a high degree of social life.

3. They have a stinger.

4. They produce bee wax.

Q. Choose a product obtained from honeybees.

1. Meat
2. Egg
3. Milk
4. Honey

Q.

Which of these products are obtained from honeybees?

1. Honey
2. Wax
3. Blood serum
4. Cell sap

Q.

Why are honeybees so important?

1. They are excellent pollinators.

2. They show a high degree of social life.

3. They have a stinger.

4. They produce bee wax.

Q. Define apiculture.

Q. Differentiate between apiculture and pisciculture.

Q. Honeybee makes honey from

1. Bud
2. Pollen
3. Petals
4. Nectar

Q. Keeping beehives in crop fields during flowering period increases __________________.

1. Crop yield
2. Honey yield
3. Weeds yield
4. Both (a) and (b)

Q. Which one of the following insects produces honey?

1. Antherae paphia
2. Apis indica
3. Kerria lacca
4. Bombyx mori

Q. Name few varieties of bees used for commercial honey production.