NEPAL SECONDARY SCHOOL 17. When does cell capping takes place in bee’s life cycle and why?

Rathnanagar 2, Tandi, Chitwan 18. What is the function of queen excluder in modern beehive?
FIRST TERMINAL EXAMINATION (Ashad 2074)
Class: 10 Ag. FM: 40
Subject: Industrial Entomology and Mushroom PM: 16
Write all the answers clearly and in your own words.
Group A: Very Short Questions
[Attempt any 10 questions (10 x 1 = 10)]
1. Define apiculture.
2. What kind of products can we obtain from a honeybee?
3. Names the commercial varieties of honeybees reared in Nepal.
4. Give two other things that honeybees forage besides nectar.
5. What is the function of antennae in the honeybee?
6. List any 2 major brood and adult diseases in a honeybee.
7. Name the straw-like appendage that bees use to suck nectar.
8. List the two major functions of queen in the hive.
9. What do you mean by drone congregation area?
10. Write down the role of drone in the hive.
11. What is the major advantage of having modern hives?
12. What are the main benefits of having the mesh floor in the
bottom board of the beehive?
13. Give any two hive accessories used for queen.
19. Give any four reasons why we should unite the bee colonies?
20. Write down the things that we need to consider while
extracting/processing honey?
Group C: Long Questions
[Attempt any 5 questions (5 X 4 = 20)]
21. What is nectar and royal jelly? Discuss what role does royal
jelly play in determining the caste of a honeybee? (Illustrate
with suitable diagram)
22. What is the importance of beekeeping? Discuss some scopes
and also the major reasons for its underdevelopment in Nepal.
23. Describe the features of different developmental stages in bee’s
life cycle. Also tabulate durations of each stage for all bee caste.
24. Define swarming. How is it different from absconding? Discuss
few points on how can we prevent absconding and/or swarming.
25. What do you mean by the apiaries? Discuss some points we
should consider for apiary site selection and also some of the
good apiary management practices.
26. What do you mean by baiting? What can we use to feed bees?
Also discuss some of the precautions we should take while
feeing bees.

Group B: Short Questions

[Attempt any 5 questions (5 x 2 = 10)]
14. List any 4 functions of the worker bee in the hive.
15. Write down the major body parts present in the bee thorax along
with their functions.
16. List the major parts of the modern beehive.

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