1.1
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The candidate will be able to give an in-depth account, with illustrations where appropriate, of:
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1.1.1 |
the structure of the egg of the honey bee. |
1.1.2 |
the development of the embryo within the egg of the honey bee and the hatching of the larva. |
1.1.3 |
the external and internal anatomy of the honey bee larva. |
1.1.4 |
the metamorphosis of the honey bee larva, including the effects of juvenile hormone. |
1.1.5 |
ecdysis (moulting) and its control by hormones. |
1.1.6 |
the sealing of the cell, larval orientation in the cell, defecation and cocoon spinning. |
1.1.7 |
the anatomy and metamorphosis of the propupa and pupa. |
1.1.8 |
the moult from pupa to imago. |
1.1.9 |
the emergence of the imago from the cell. |
1.1.10 |
the structure and main constituents of the cuticle of both larval and adult honey bees,
including internal cuticular structures. |
1.1.11 |
the external anatomy of all castes. |
1.1.12 |
the structure of the wings of the honey bee, their articulation and action in flight. |
1.1.13 |
the muscles associated with the wings of the honey bee and their control. |
1.1.14 |
the structure of the legs of the honey bee, their articulations, associated muscles,
action when walking and special uses. |
1.1.15 |
the mouth parts of the honey bee, their structure, associated muscles, glandular connections,
methods of use, comparative sizes and shapes for different castes and tongue length for different races. |
1.1.16 |
the antennae, their structure, associated muscles, and functions. |
1.1.17 |
the sting, its structure, associated muscles, glandular connections and method of use. |
1.1.18 |
the composition of honey bee venom and its effect upon the insect, animal or human stung. |
1.1.19 |
the structure and function of the hairs of the honey bee. |
1.1.20 |
the function of enzymes. |
1.1.21 |
the structure and function of the alimentary canal. |
1.1.22 |
the histology of the alimentary canal and the production of the enzymes of digestion. |
1.1.23 |
ingestion, digestion, assimilation, and excretion in the honey bee. |
1.1.24 |
the structure, function, and histology of the fat body of the honey bee. |
1.1.25 |
the changes which occur in the fat body of the worker honey bee both during its life
and at different times of the year. |
1.1.26 |
the structure, function and histology of the respiratory system. |
1.1.27 |
the diffusion of oxygen through the trachea and its supply to tissues. |
1.1.28 |
the basis of cell respiration, glycolysis and energy transfer. |
1.1.29 |
the production of carbon dioxide and its excretion from the body. |
1.1.30 |
the structure, function, and histology of the circulatory system. |
1.1.31 |
the histology, composition and function of the blood of the honey bee. |
1.1.32 |
the exocrine glands of the honey bee, including their structure, histology and function. |
1.1.33 |
the substances produced by the exocrine glands including a basic account
of their chemical composition. |
1.1.34 |
the structure and position of the main endocrine glands,
namely the copora allata and the prothoracic gland of the larva. |
1.1.35 |
the source, production, and effects of juvenile hormone. |
1.1.36 |
the source, production, and effects of the moulting hormone ecdysone. |
1.1.37 |
the structure of the nervous system of the honey bee. |
1.1.38 |
the basic function of nerve cells. |
1.1.39 |
the brain, its structure, function and histology. |
1.1.40 |
the eyes of the honey bee, including development, structure and histology. |
1.1.41 |
the sight of the honey bee and of its perception of colour, polarised light and form. |
1.1.42 |
the structure of the sensory receptor organs of the honey bee. |
1.1.43 |
the main senses of the honey bee namely smell, taste, touch, hearing,
gravity perception, heat perception and time sense. |
1.1.44 |
the major research upon which our knowledge of the senses of the honey bee rests. |
1.1.45 |
the reproductive system of the drone honey bee including structure, development and histology. |
1.1.46 |
the reproductive system of the queen and worker honey bee, including structure,
development and histology. |
1.1.47 |
spermatogenesis in the drone honey bee. |
1.1.48 |
oogenesis in the queen and worker honey bee. |
1.1.49 |
the fertilisation of the egg of the honey bee. |
1.1.50 |
the storage of sperm in the spermatheca of the queen honey bee. |
1.1.51 |
the effect of feeding on caste determination in females of the honey bee. |
1.1.52 |
the composition of royal jelly and of brood food. |
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