Beekeeping Test..

mabuzzbee · February 04, 2007, 03:23:14 PM

I took it 3 times and my best was 32. Guess, I need to hit the books.

inga · February 27, 2007, 10:08:22 PM

First try I got 31/50, which supposedly makes me an 'adequate' beekeeper. :roll:

Some of the questions were irrelevant to beekeeping in general, such as the question re the date of the introduction of Africanized bees into the US & others. Other questions were irrelevant to the way I want to keep bees (avoid most chemicals.) And I got a lot of those wrong.

Having said that, I got a whole lot more right than I should have by pure guessing. After all there's a 25% chance of guessing right with four choices, and a 50% of guessing right with two choices. ;)

It was fun, though, and I'll probably take it again just for the fun of it and the chance that I might learn something. :)

Billy The Beekeeper · February 27, 2007, 10:10:03 PM

i got a 26 out of 50 it said i was better than average bear which is good im a 18 yr old guy from Indiana and ive only been beekeepin for almost 2 years and havent looked at books to much just kinda learned stuff in the fields so i think i done pretty good but i think im gonna hit the books before i try again :)

inga · February 28, 2007, 01:36:37 AM

Well, according to my second try, I'm now a "formidable beekeeper." ;)

I found this answer interesting:
Q. To make a weak colony stronger, you might ...
Correct A.
a. remove a strong hive from its stand and place the weak colony in its place

That makes sense if you figure that the forager bees from the strong hive will tend to come back to the weak hive. Otherwise it makes no sense at all ...

Comments?

pdmattox · February 28, 2007, 10:05:06 AM

Quote from: inga on February 28, 2007, 01:36:37 AM
Well, according to my second try, I'm now a "formidable beekeeper." ;)

I found this answer interesting:
Q. To make a weak colony stronger, you might ...
Correct A.
a. remove a strong hive from its stand and place the weak colony in its place

That makes sense if you figure that the forager bees from the strong hive will tend to come back to the weak hive. Otherwise it makes no sense at all ...

Comments?

This will definitely work if you change hive places during the day when most foragers are out forageing. They come back to the hive location not the hive itself and in turn gives a boost to the weak colony with out any noticeale set back to the strong colony. This method works on drifting issues also.

inga · February 28, 2007, 04:02:29 PM

Thanks, Dallas. :)

Quote from: pdmattox on February 28, 2007, 10:05:06 AM
Quote from: inga on February 28, 2007, 01:36:37 AM
Well, according to my second try, I'm now a "formidable beekeeper." ;)

I found this answer interesting:
Q. To make a weak colony stronger, you might ...
Correct A.
a. remove a strong hive from its stand and place the weak colony in its place

That makes sense if you figure that the forager bees from the strong hive will tend to come back to the weak hive. Otherwise it makes no sense at all ...

Comments?

This will definitely work if you change hive places during the day when most foragers are out forageing. They come back to the hive location not the hive itself and in turn gives a boost to the weak colony with out any noticeale set back to the strong colony. This method works on drifting issues also.

Sport · March 03, 2007, 01:40:32 PM

I got a 35 out of 50, or a C-. I'll take that sice I a so new that I don't have any bees yet. Just shows me that all this reading is maybe paying off. More reading is necessary, though.

reinbeau · March 05, 2007, 05:38:57 PM

I got 34 out of 50, which isn't all that great, although it did say I was a 'formidable beekeeper'. Need to keep reading and learning!

LET-CA · March 25, 2007, 05:10:59 PM

I got a 34 out of 50, a formidable beekeeper . . . yeah right. I don't cry when I get stung though. . .

kgbenson · March 28, 2007, 11:21:59 PM

39. Furrows brow, hits books.

Remember the questions though, those who are lamenting their scores, some of the questions were honey industry stats questions. Most beeks don't keep that stuf running around in your head. I think it would have been more fun if it was strickly beekeeping and bee biology. Byut I can be funny that way.

Keith

LET-CA · April 03, 2007, 07:36:23 PM

I just took it again and got a 45 out of 50. I wish my bees knew how smart I am. . . They don't respect me at all.

sonnybee · April 14, 2007, 11:09:19 PM

39

ZuniBee · April 14, 2007, 11:50:58 PM

You scored 31/50 correctly.
Ranking: You are an adequate beekeeper.

Guess I need to do some studying!

Mici · April 15, 2007, 08:21:05 PM

got a 30 but...how can i know where AHB has spread with the help of an airplane :roll: and it's not the only mysterious thing to me

dlmarti · April 15, 2007, 09:21:38 PM

35 out of 50, I thought I was going to do pretty good, since I'm fresh from reading so many books about the topic.

Guess I was wrong.

In my defense I will say that half of my wrong answers were because I didn't read the question throughly.

beehive lane · April 23, 2007, 12:36:47 AM

28 out of 50. Read lots of books 6 years ago. Spent two weeks reading all the shared knowledge on this forum. Thank you Beemaster.com. since I have yet to set up my first hive!

deantn · April 24, 2007, 10:28:57 AM

32 out of 50,
Hummm well back to the books for some more knowledge, poor pea brain can't hold much more. :-D

DavePaulson · April 27, 2007, 10:30:00 PM

Wow I am an exhalted beekeeper. I don't even have bees til tomorrow. 45

Dave

doak · May 11, 2007, 06:00:56 PM

39 out of 50, and 2 or 3 I new better, just in a hurry.
doak

DavePaulson · May 12, 2007, 03:43:29 PM

Finally after 25 plus atempts got a fifty. And I'm still an exhalted beekeeper. I have too much time on my hands.

Dave