Autumn Management Quiz 2

Quiz 7i - Autumn Management

This is a 12 question multiple choice quiz, select the correct answers!

What are the considerations regarding harvesting a summer crop?
1. Can you sell it and is it a financially worth while venture?
2. Will the colony be in a manageable temperament?
3. Will there be enough stores left to sustain the colony right over winter?
4. Will it be good enough quality to be of use?
If you harvest the summer crop, how can you ensure winter survival?
1. By artificially feeding the colony up and providing supplementary feed.
2. By wrapping the hive with insulation material to keep it warm.
3. By pouring syrup feed directly on to the frames in the hive.
4. By leaving syrup in open containers around the apiary to feed the bees.
How do you go about clearing a super of bees before removal?
1. Remove the filled frames and brush the bees off to remove them.
2. Smoke them out vigorously to clear the supers.
3. Knock the super frames on the side of the hive to remove the bees.
4. Use a clearer board the previous evening to allow the bees to escape but not return.
Is it necessary to clear one full super at a time?
1. No, putting the clearer under the lower super you easily can clear a stack of two or three in one go.
2. Yes, wait till each is bee-free before doing the next one.
3. No, you can clear the whole hive of bees first before removing all the supers.
4. Yes it causes less tress for the colony that way.
What are the main methods of extracting honey from the frames?
1. You can only spin the honey out with a cetrifugal extractor.
2. The main methods are spinning, pressing, and crushing.
3. Crushing is the main method for extracting honey.
4. The most common method of extraction is by pressing.
When and why should you decide what extraction method you will use?
1. When you have all the frames ready to extract to save time.
2. Before you remove the filled supers from the hive, and to be prepared.
3. Earlier in the season when filling super frames with wired or unwired foundation.
4. It doesn't reall y matter, you can decide at any time.
How do you prepare the filled supers ready for extracting honey?
1. Clear them out with a hoover to ensure there are no bees left.
2. Take all the frames out and lay them on there side.
3. Keep them in cool environment to stop the honey running out.
4. Gently warm the supers in a cabinet to 26C to lower the honey viscosity.
What are the dangers of overheating the honey in the supers?
1. It will render the vitamins, antioxidants, probiotics, amino acids, minerals, and enzymes useless.
2. There are none, it doesn't really make any difference to the honey.
3. It might change th flavour of the honey a little bit.
4. It will become difficult to extract from the frames.
How do you extract thixotropic honey from the filled frames?
1. Use a liquidiser to mix it all up before putting it through a filter.
2. Pre-heat it, use a special agitator to liquidise, and a press to extract.
3. Cut it all out and vigorously heat it in a pot to liquidise before filtering.
4. Use a heat gun on the frames to heat the honey to melting point.
What type of foundation should you use if you intend to spin extract?
1. You can use any type of foundation, it does not matter.
2. You should use unwired foundation as it is cheaper.
3. Un-wired foundation is best, it can be easily melted down afterwards.
4. Wired foundation has the strength to withstand the cetrifugal forces of spinning.
What benefit has the crushing method over pressing or spinning?
1. It requires the least amount of equipment and expediture.
2. It is the least messy of all the extraction methods.
3. There are no paticular benefits over the other methods.
4. it is the quickest method of extracting honey.
How does the crushing method of extraction work in practice?
1. Crush the comb with a rolling pin to extract the honey.
2. Pre-heat comb, thoroughly mash down, allow to drain through a filter or muslin.
3. Crush the comb and squeaze it through a filter as quickly as possible.
4. Cut the comb out and into a muslin, then squeze it to extract the honey.

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