ACTIVITY SHEET 35


Africanized Honey Bee Pre-Test

Circle the one response that best answers the question.

1. When you see a swarm of honey bees resting on a tree limb, it means

(a) the bees are a marauding band looking for victims to sting.
(b) the bees are looking for a place to establish a new home.
(c) the bees have chosen that location for a new home and will begin raising new bees.
(d) the bees are old bees from a colony waiting to die.

2. A worker Africanized honey bee is

(a) bigger than a regular honey bee worker.
(b) can sting more times than a regular honey bee worker.
(c) can fly faster than a regular honey bee worker.
(d) is more easily provoked to defend its nest than a regular honey bee worker.
(e) all of the above

3. If you are stung by honey bees you should

(a) run.
(b) stand still.
(c) jump into water.
(d) swat as many bees as possible.

4. Please place the correct answer from the list below for the questions that follow in the space provided:

A. Workers Only
B. Drones Only
C. Queens Only
D. Workers and Queens
E. Drones and Queens
F. Drones and Workers
G. Workers, Queens and Drones

­­­­­Have a sting.

­­­­­Gather nectar and pollen from flowers.

­­­­­Lays fertilized eggs.

­­­­­Produced from a fertilized egg.

­­­­­Have both compound and simple eyes.

5. Africanized honey bees do not make honey, True or False (circle one)?

6. Honey bees are native to North America, True or False (circle one)?

7. Africanized honey bees may nest in overturned flower pots, True or False (circle one)?

8. Queen honey bees lay eggs throughout the day and night, True or False (circle one)?

9. The only benefit from honey bees is the fact they produce honey,True or False (circle one)?

10. Some bees bite rather than sting, True or False (circle one)?


Africanized Honey Bee Post Test


Circle the one response that best answers the question.

1. When you see a swarm of honey bees resting on a tree limb, it means

(a) the bees are a marauding band looking for victims to sting.
(b) the bees are looking for a place to establish a new home.
(c) the bees have chosen that location for a new home and will begin raising new bees.
(d) the bees are old bees from a colony waiting to die.

2. If you are stung by honey bees you should

(a) run.
(b) stand still.
(c) jump into water.
(d) swat as many bees as possible.

3. Describe at least three ways Africanized honey bees differ from European honey bees.

4. Africanized honey bees do not make honey, True or False (circle one)?

5. Honey bees are native to North America, True or False (circle one)?

6. Drones have a sting to defend themselves, True or False (circle one)?

7. List at least four locations where Africanized honey bees may nest.





8. Describe why honey bees are important to agriculture and give examples.




9. Describe where African honey bees were imported in 1956 and why.






10. Please place the correct answer from the list below for the questions that follow in the space provided:

A. Workers Only
B. Drones Only
C. Queens Only
D. Workers and Queens
E. Drones and Queens
F. Drones and Workers
G. Workers, Queens and Drones

­­­­­Have a sting.

­­­­­Gather nectar and pollen from flowers.

­­­­­Lays fertilized eggs.

­­­­­Produced from a fertilized egg.

­­­­­Have both compound and simple eyes.


Africanized Honey Bee Pre-Test Answers


1. When you see a swarm of honey bees resting on a tree limb, it means
(b) the bees are looking for a place to establish a new home.

2. A worker Africanized honey bee is
(d) is more easily provoked to defend its nest than a regular honey bee worker.

3. If you are stung by honey bees you should
(a) run.

4. A, Have a sting.
A, Gather nectar and pollen from flowers.
C, Lays fertilized eggs.
D, Produced from a fertilized egg.
G, Have both compound and simple eyes.

5. Africanized honey bees do not make honey, False

6. Honey bees are native to North America, False

7. Africanized honey bees may nest in overturned flower pots, True

8. Queen honey bees lay eggs throughout the day and night, True

9. The only benefit from honey bees is the fact they produce honey, False

10. Some bees bite rather than sting, True


Africanized Honey Bee Post Test Answers


Circle the one response that best answers the question.

1. When you see a swarm of honey bees resting on a tree limb, it means
(b) the bees are looking for a place to establish a new home.

2. If you are stung by honey bees you should
(a) run.

3. Describe at least three ways Africanized honey bees differ from European honey bees.

a. More easily provoked.
b. More bees come to defend nest.
c. Swarm more frequently.
d. Slightly smaller in size.
e. Raise more brood in a shorter period of time.
f. Survive better in tropics.

4. Africanized honey bees do not make honey, False

5. Honey bees are native to North America, False

6. Drones have a sting to defend themselves,False

7. List at least four locations where Africanized honey bees may nest.

a. overturned flower pots
b. water meter boxes
c. cavities in walls, trees, cacti
d. animal burrows
e. trash and debris

8. Describe why honey bees are important to agriculture and give examples.
Pollinate many crops,almonds, alfalfa, apples, etc.

9. Describe where African honey bees were imported in 1956 and why.
Imported into Brazil in an attempt to improve honey production there.

10. Please place the correct answer from the list below for the questions that follow in the space provided:

A Have a sting.
A Gather nectar and pollen from flowers.
C Lays fertilized eggs.
D Produced from a fertilized egg.
G Have both compound and simple eyes.

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