2.1 |
The candidate will be able to give an in-depth account of:
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2.1.1
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pheromones (ectohormones) and their effects in the honey bee colony.
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2.1.2 |
the production of queen cells and the influence of queen substance in their production.
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2.1.3 |
the signs of a drone laying queen in a colony and the causes of this condition.
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2.1.4 |
the signs of laying workers in a colony, the circumstances in which they are produced
and of the pheromones involved and their influence.
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2.2 |
The candidate will be able to give an in-depth account of:
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2.2.1 |
mating behaviour in the honey bee, including multiple mating, drone assembly areas and the pheromones involved.
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2.2.2 |
egg laying by the queen honey bee, including causes of fluctuation in the number of eggs laid.
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2.2.3 |
variation in size of honey bee colonies and of the causes.
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2.3 |
The candidate will be able to give an in-depth account of:
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2.3.1 |
the behaviour of the worker honey bee during its period as a house bee.
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2.3.2 |
the internal organisation and control of the honey bee colony.
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2.3.3 |
the methods of communication used by the honey bee.
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2.3.4 |
the use of dance communication to recruit new foragers to productive crops.
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2.3.5 |
food transfer and its social significance.
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2.3.6 |
the behaviour of the foraging honey bee, of its work methods in the field and its criteria
for selecting a forage plant species.
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2.3.7 |
the collection of nectar, its carriage home and storage.
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2.3.8 |
the collection and use of water by the honey bee.
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2.3.9 |
the conversion of nectar to honey by the honey bee.
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2.3.10 |
the interrelationship of water, nectar and honey in the honey bee colony.
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2.3.11 |
the collection and storage of pollen by the honey bee.
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2.3.12 |
the comparative nutritional value of different pollens to the honey bee and of the types
of substances they provide.
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2.3.13 |
the collection and use of propolis by the honey bee.
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2.3.14 |
the production of beeswax by the honey bee.
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2.3.15 |
the construction of honey comb by the honey bee.
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2.3.16 |
the factors which control the building of comb and the type of cells built by the honey bee.
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2.3.17 |
the process of swarming by the honey bee, including finding and moving to a new home.
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2.3.18 |
supersedure in the honey bee colony.
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