5,000
25,000
55,000
75,000

2.  It takes how many pounds of honey to provide enough energy for a small colony of bees to survive the winter?

35
45
55
80

3. A typical beehive makes more than how many pounds of honey per year?

 30
125
 325
400

4.  Approximately how many pounds of honey are consumed by bees to produce 1 pound of beeswax?

4-5
7-8
9-10
 14-15

5.  Honeybees will usually travel approximately how many miles from their hive?

3
4
5
6

6.  A single honeybee will only produce approximately what amount of honey in her lifetime?

1 quart
1/12 teaspoon
 2 pints
1 gallon

7. A honeybee will flap its wings about how many times per minute creating the "buzz" that you hear?

7,800
11,400
20,000
33,000

8.  Honeybees are responsible for approx what percent of all fruit, vegetable and seed crops in the U.S.?

20%
 30%
80%
95%

9. A typical beehive houses how many bees?

  5,000 and 10,000
10,000 and 15,000
15,000 and 50,000
60,000 and 75,000

10.  The queen can lay how many eggs per day?

300 to 1000
1500 to 3000
3500 to 5000
5000 to 5500

11. Drones, the male bee, make up only what percent of the hive population?

about 1/4 of 1%
2%
8%
12%

12.  The queen bee can live up to how many years?

 1 or 2
2 or 4
3 or 4
6 or 8

13.  It takes how many pounds of nectar to make a pound of honey?

2 to 4
4 to 6
6 to 8
8 to 10

14.  It takes how many days from the laying of the egg for the adult worker bee to emerge?

7
21
30
60

15.  Upon mating about how many feet up in the air, the drone falls to the ground dead?

10
 200
1000
5000

16.  Bees collect how many lbs of pollen per year, per hive?

15
66
85
115

17. There are only about how many drones in a hive?

300-3000
4000- 8000
10000-12000
25000-50000

18.  Due to the high level of fructose, honey is what percent sweeter than table sugar?

5%
15%
25%
30%

19.  Bees have been producing honey for at least how many years?

15 million
75 million
100 million
150 million

20.  How many eyes does a honeybee have?

One
Two
Five
Eight