Apiculture

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Apiculture: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Bee Keeping, Composition of Honey, Species of Honey Bee, Social Organisation of Honey Bee, Pollen Basket, Polymorphism in Honey Bee, Appliances of Apiculture and, Modern Scientific Method of Apiculture

Important Questions on Apiculture

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The maintenance of hives of honeybees for the production of honey is called:

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The honey collected by old indigenous method is not pure.

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Bees cannot help in pollination of

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Rock bee is another name for

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_____ (Apis mellifera/Apis indica) is the scientific name of the European honey bee.

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The beekeeping chambers are kept in hot places, under the sun.

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_____ (Queen/Drone) is the largest bee in the colony.

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_____ is the scientific name of the European honey bee.

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_____(Apis dorsata/Apis indica/Apis mellifera) is a best Indian domesticated bee. 

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What is the rearing of honey bees is called?

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Select the INCORRECT statement.

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If the source is opposite to the direction of sun, then honey bee will convey the direction by
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Convey the information of food source by

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Honey bee keeps the nectar for sometime in its

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In which of the following,  'swarming' is found

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Apiculture is associated with which of the following groups of plants

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In which part of the body "Pollen basket" is found in the honey bee

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A waxy substance produced by honey bee to repair combs is called

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'Royal jelly' is secreted from

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Choose the correct pair

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Which of the following appliance is not used in bee-keeping?