SHB & Chalk Brood Quiz
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1. The beetles lay their eggs inside the bee hive. Upon hatching, the beetle larvae tunnel their way into wax combs eating what four things?
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4. Upon reaching maturity the beetle larvae crawl out of the hive and do what in the soil?
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2. In 3 to 4 weeks these beetles will emerge from the soil as adults and are capable of flying ________ distances to find new colonies to begin their cycle again.
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5. The adult beetles are small about a quarter of an inch long, and although they look like beetles of similar sizes and colors a distinguishing feature is that their antennae are
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3. For mummified larvae, the white colored ones in particular look like _________.
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6. Chalkbrood disease is spread by ________.
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