Beekeeping Basics Quiz

Quiz 10 - Wasp Species

This is a 12 question multiple choice quiz, complete the statements!

What else besides wasps belong to the Aprocrta group of species?
1. Hymenoptera distinguished by narrow waist, includes wasps, bees, ants
2. Hymenoptera distinguished by striped bodies, includes wasps, bees, ants
3. Hymenoptera distinguished by narrow legs, includes wasps, bees, butterflies.
4. Hymenoptera distinguished by thick waist, includes wasps, house flies, ants.
Which wasp species is most roublesome around the apiary?
1. The solitary wasp species are the worst offenders.
2. The Vespoidea species are the most troublesome around the apiary
3. The Pompilidea species are the most troublesome to beekeepers.
4. The Eumeninea species are the morst troublesome to honeybees.
Wasps have a similar lifecycle to which other species of Hymenoptera?
1. Honeybees, they are very similar in habit and behaviour.
2. Cuckoo bees, they live in exactly the same manner are these.
3. Bumble bees, they are very similar in their lifecycle.
4. Their lifecucle is not similar to any other species.
What is the largest native Vespoidea that we find in the UK?
1. The tree wasp is the biggest of the wasp species.
2. Vespa germanica is the largest of the species.
3. The European Hornet (Vespa crabro) is the largest of the species.
4. Vespa vulgaris is the largesrt of the wasp species.
What is the latin name for our common wasp with the anchor marked face?
1. Vespa sylvestris
2. Vespa vulgaris
3. Vespa crabro
4. Vespa velutina nigrithorax
What materials do our common wasps make their nest from?
1. Wax is used to contruct the comb structure.
2. Wax flakes are glued together with saliva to make the nest.
3. Wood fibre and saliva are used to contruct the nest.
4. They collect and chew up old paper to make the nest.
What do wasps feed their young on when they hatch?
1. They feed them on a mixture of honey and pollen.
2. They feed them on regurgitated food scraps from the bin.
3. They feed them on chewed up insects.
4. They feed them on chewed up fruit and vegetables.
What type of wasps are the Pompilidea known as?
1. These are the mining wasps living underground.
2. These are the spider hunters, with long legs and big eyes.
3. These are the cuckoo wasps, parasitising the social wasps.
4. These are the potter and mason wasps, living in masonry.
Ichneumonoidea are what type of wasp species?
1. These are the potter and mason wasps that dig into masonry.
2. They are the sand and digger wasps, nesting inthe ground and soft banks.
3. They are the parasitic wasps that paralise their prey with polydnaviruses.
4. These are the spider hunnters that chase down and paralyze their prey.
Is the Giant Horntail (wood wasp) a tue wasp species?
1. Yes, it is one of the largest of the Vespoidea species
2. Yes, it is the largest and most aggressive of our native hornets.
3. Yes, it is one of the lesser known social wasp species.
4. No, it is a completely harmless sawfly (Urocerus gigas).
Hornet Robber Flies are imposters, but are capable of what?
1. Living alongside other hornet species undetected.
2. Building large nest structures inside wall cavities.
3. Overcoming large prey such as bees, wasps, and beetles.
4. Laying up the 1500 eggs per day in their hosts nests.
What do Sphecoidea stock their nest cells with?
1. Nesting materials and chewed up fruit and vegetable matter.
2. A good supply of fresh nectar and pollen.
3. Paralyzed live flies, aphids or caterpillars to feed the hatching young.
4. They stock them with eggs to be injected into prey species.

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