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Unit 1: intro to honeybees & beekeeping
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Agriculture
Undergraduate 2
04/21/2016

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Term
The earliest records of beekeeping come from ____, and date to about _____ years ago
Definition
ancient egypt

4-5 thousand
Term
What is unique about the langstroth hive?
Definition
movable frames where bees can build combs
Term
How many modern hives are maintained?
Definition
55 million
Term
How much honey & beeswax is produced anually?
Definition
950 million kg honey
25 million kg beeswax
Term
What is the world's largest producer/exporter of honey?
Definition
China
Term
What country achieves the largest honey yields in the world per colony?
Definition
australia & new zealand (70kg)
Term
What order do honeybees belong do?
Definition
hymnoptera
Term
Bees likely originated from a )))))
Definition
sphecoid wasp
Term
What genus to honeybees belong to?
Definition
apis
Term
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Superfamily
Family
Genus
Species
Definition
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: arthropod
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymnoptera
Superfamily: Apoidae
Family: Apidae
Genus: Apis
Species: mellifera
Term
Name for the giant asian honeybee
Definition
apis dorsata
Term
Name for the dwarf asian honeybee
Definition
apis florea
Term
What genus
Definition
apis
Term
What family
Definition
apidae
Term
What superfamily
Definition
apoidae
Term
What phylum
Definition
arthropod
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