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Beekeeping Basics for Beginners

Bee Biology

The three castes of the colony, their development, their body and how they communicate.

12 of 60 questions in the app

  1. Which three castes live in a honey bee colony? Easy
  2. What are male honey bees called? Easy
  3. Which eggs do drones develop from? Easy
  4. How many days does a worker need from egg to emergence? Easy
  5. How many days does a queen need from egg to emergence? Easy
  6. Which developmental stages does a bee go through in the cell? Easy
  7. What is the cell in which a queen develops called? Easy
  8. How many queens normally live in a bee colony? Easy
  1. On which day after the egg is laid is a worker's cell capped? Medium
  2. Roughly how long does a summer bee live? Medium
  1. Which statements about the development time of drones are correct? Hard
  2. On its second larval day, a larva in a worker cell is turned into a queen cell and fed royal jelly from then on. What develops from it? Hard

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