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Beekeeping in Scotland 1- Climate
Beekeeping in Scotland 2 - Forage
Scottish Beekeepers Association
Beekeeping Quiz Answers
The answers to all of the quizzes are below. Use the links on the right to Beekeeping in Scotland to find more information.
Quiz 1 - answers
- 1 Honey
- 2 Six
- 3 A Hive or beehive. Very old types of hive made from straw were called Skeps.
- 4 Pollen, nectar and honey.
- 5 They form a cluster around the queen in the middle of the nest, and slowly eat their way through their store of honey.
- 6 There are lots, but the examples illustrated in the download file include Blackberries, Lime, Clover, Heather, Willowherb, Wild Cherry, Sycamore, Blackthorn, Oilseed Rape, Raspberry, Gorse, Broom, Apple and Dandelion.
Quiz 2 - answers
- 1 Honeybees are insects. They have six legs. Other examples of insects include wasps, flies, dragonflies, butterflies, and beetles. Spiders are NOT insects, as they have eight legs.
- 2 Bees are kept in the Orkney Islands, Inner and Outer Hebrides.
- 3 Beeswax is used for making candles. It is also used in cosmetics and in medicine.
- 4 It varies, but in an average winter a normal sized colony will need around 25 kilos.
- 5 The four stages are egg, grub or larva, pupa, and adult bee.
- 6 There are lots to choose from! Examples are smoker, hive tool, feeders of various kinds, frames, honey extractor, and wax foundation.
Quiz 3 - answers
- 1 Honey, beeswax, royal jelly, pollen.
- 2 It is secreted as tiny scales from glands on the abdomen of the worker bees.
- 3 The three main components are water, sugars, and chemical salts.
- 4 there are normally three types or castes of bee in the colony - the queen, workers and drones. However in winter drones may be very few in number, or absent
- 5 Male bees are called drones.
- 6 This is a very hard question to be specific about. In the middle of summer a good sized colony may contain fifty thousand bees. In the middle of winter this number drops to maybe three to five thousand, although larger and smaller numbers do occur.
- 7 The prevailing wind direction in Scotland is from the west or south-west.
- 8 Oilseed rape is grown commercially in many parts of Scotland. it is grown for the oil which is pressed from the seeds, but the flowers are very attractive to bees. Other important honey plants in Scotland are Sycamore, Wild Cherry, Clover and Ling Heather.
- 9 A colony will need around 20-25 kilos of food to last through the winter.
- 10 Pollen is carried on specially modified hairs on the third pair of legs.
- 11 Sixteen days.
- 12 Usually a syrup made from sugar and water.