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Beekeeping

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Requirements

1. Know a brief history of keeping bees for honey.

2. List at least five uses of each of the following:

a. Honey

b. Beeswax

c. Propolis

3. Name ten foods that would be very difficult to grow if there were no honey bees.

4. List the duties of the drone, the worker, and the queen bees.

5. Describe how bees build combs. Why does the comb turn dark with age?

6. What is meant by the following terms:

a. Movable-frame hive

b. Crossed comb

c. Bee space

d. Swarming

7. What is a smoker? What materials make good fuel for a smoker?

8. What consideration should be given when choosing a hive location?

9. How are honey bee diseases spread from hive to hive?

10. What is robbing? Describe a robber bee.

11. Name four ways to help prevent swarming. Why should swarming be prevented?

12. What three requirements must be met for the colony to successfully weather a winter?

13. What is the advantage of using a double-brood chamber system?

14. Carry out the following duties of successful beekeeping:

a. Spring feed to stimulate brood production

b. Supering and other swarm prevention techniques

c. Extract honey and put into jars

d. Fall feeding and "taking the hive down" to prepare it for the winter months

15. How do you know when a frame is ready to be removed from the hive for extraction?

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-Consider the invention of the light bulb. Edison and others tried many materials and scenarios some of which defied all known facts.  Or consider the European explorers who sailed west to go east, defying the known fact the world was flat. It is human self awareness and goal-oriented behavior that usually makes great discoveries. Machines are usually limited to discovering new things by brute force, accessing known information and perhaps testing options over and over again until a solution is arrived at.
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+What is meant by the following terms:
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+How are honey bee diseases spread from hive to hive?
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+What is robbing? Describe a robber bee.
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+Name four ways to help prevent swarming. Why should swarming be prevented?
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+What three requirements must be met for the colony to successfully weather a winter?
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