![]() The year’s work in the apiary and how this depends on the local forage and the annual colony cycle The actions which can be taken to avoid bad-tempered bees causing a nuisance The factors to be considered in the siting of colonies in home and out- apiaries How to begin beekeeping including the acquisition of bees, sources of equipment, costs and any precautions necessary The use of wax foundation, wired and non-wired The principles that govern the design of hives and frames including the concept of bee space The types of hive and frame used by beekeepers in Ireland Methods of marking and clipping queens and the advantages and disadvantages of these practices. The signs of queenlessness and how to confirm the condition Methods of queen introduction including necessary precautions The distinguishing features of swarm, supersedure and emergency queen cells and the processes of swarming and supersedure Ī method of rearing queens suitable for use in an apiary of five to ten colonies The conversion of nectar to honey and the inter-relationships of nectar, honey and water The collection of nectar, pollen, propolis and water and their use by the colony Methods of communication used by honeybees including dances, food sharing and scenting The importance of pheromones, particularly queen substance, Nasonov pheromone and alarm pheromones in the organisation of a honeybee colony The seasonal variation in the population size of the honeybee colony and the differences between summer and winter worker honeybees ![]() Parthenogenesis and the mating behaviour of the honeybee queen and drone The functions, duties and behaviour of the worker honeybee throughout its life including foraging behaviour and orientation and how these functions depend on glandular development The structure and function of mouthparts, legs, antennae, sting and wings of each caste The external structure of queen, worker and drone and the differences between them Laying workers and drone laying queens and the conditions leading to them ![]() Metamorphosis in each caste of the honeybee including the number of days spent in each stage of the development from egg to larva, to pupa, to emergence of the adult Ĭaste differentiation in female honeybees particularly with respect to feeding The exocrine glands and their secretions including the hypopharyngeal, mandibular, Nasanov, sting and wax glands The structure and function of the alimentary, excretory, circulatory, respiratory and nervous systems The Candidate shall be able to give an account of and draw illustrative diagrams where appropriate of: The student should consult it in conjunction with the on-site list of questions taken from previous examination papers: testing oneself against the examination questions will give a good idea of how one’s study is progressing and how much of the syllabus has been adequately covered in preparation for the real examination. The following is a comprehensive syllabus. SYLLABUS FOR THE INTERMEDIATE BEEKEEPING EXAMINATION - HUSBANDRY PAPER
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