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| Are bees easier to manage during nectar flow or times of dearth? |
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| Best place to stand when opening a hive |
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| How do you know when to add more smoke? |
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| if bees line up between the top bars |
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| When inspecting frames, you should hold them (above/to the side) of the hive |
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| Queen cells indicate what? |
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the queen is missing
supersedure
swarming |
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| How do you know if a queen is in the hive? |
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| 1st activity of early spring |
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| clean up & store equipment from colonies that died over the winter |
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| What temperature should it be before you open hives for spring inspection? |
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| Main goal of early spring management |
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| Why would you feed light sugar syrup in the spring? |
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| stimulates the queen to lay eggs & increase brood rearing |
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| Most common way to expand brood area |
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| When is the best time to split up strong colonies? |
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| What is the main goal of all spring management? |
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| reach nectar flow with the maximum population size possible |
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| Swelling, itching, pain and inflammation are symptoms of a ____ sting reaction |
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| General itching/hives throughout the body, difficulty breathing and dizziness are symptoms of a _____ sting reaction |
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| What is the difference between a large local or systemic allergic reaction? |
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systemic - more severe, occurs within minutes
large local - less severe, can be treated with antihistamines |
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| Extremely severe body swelling, inability to breath etc are symptoms of a ____ sting reaction |
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| A minimum of ____ stings are required to kill a human |
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| What causes toxic reaction? |
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| africanized bees, or person receiving far more venom/stings than their body can metabolize |
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