Module 6 - a few one-point questions
I have a few one-point questions from previous papers that I can't find answers to. They are:
- Name one disadvantage of supersedure.
The examiner did not say from whose point of view - the bees' or the beekeeper's. From the bees' point of view I can't think of any. They have a laying queen although she may be failing, they don't have to face the risks of having to find a new home, and if the new queen doesn't mate successfully - it doesn't really matter. From my point of view, I'm not sure what the bees' intentions are: supersedure or swarming, so I worry - and I don't think that's the answer.
- A queen assesses whether a cell is suitable for a drone or a worker egg using her: ocelli; anterior metatarsals; tibial spurs; proboscis.
She can't see in the dark and she doesn't use her legs (I think that's what the two middle terms are about), so that leaves the proboscis - but does she really use her tongue for that? If it wasn't a pick-the-right-answer question, I probably would have guessed her antennae.
- In a brood nest at its peak size, what are the proportion of eggs to larvae to sealed brood?
and
- What electrical phenomenon affects honey bee dances?
Can anybody help with these, please?
Kitta
Module 6 - a few one-point questions
Can't help with first one but for measuring I would guess at anterior metatarsals - just because they are on the feet rather than legs.
Electrical phenomenon could be magnetic north.
Brood ratio is 1:2:4. (From hooper)
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