Biology of Insects and Pollination

Sericulture is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk. Following this pattern, apiculture is the cultivation of bees for honey and other products. The '-culture' suffix means the cultivation or raising of the specified organism.

This is a classic riddle playing on word reversal. A bee normally makes the sound 'buzz' when flying forward. When flying backward, the sound 'buzz' reversed becomes 'zzub'. The visual description 'black and yellow' confirms it's about a bee.

It is a chewing insect.

Rice moth is the common name of Corcyra cephalonica.

Sitophilus oryzae's name itself indicates the pest, rice weevil.

Pollination by birds is called ornithophily.

Worker bees are the sterile females or imperfect females.

Nector is a sweet smelling substance that some flowers have. It attracts insects towards the flower.

Ants inject formic acid (methanoic acid) when they bite or sting. Formic acid is responsible for the burning sensation and irritation. The name 'formic acid' actually comes from the Latin word 'formica' meaning ant. Stearic acid is a fatty acid, methanol is an alcohol, and glacial acetic acid is concentrated acetic acid.

Beekeeping is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans. A beekeeper keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products that the hive produces, to pollinate crops or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary or bee yard.

Salim Ali (1896-1987), known as the "Birdman of India," was an ornithologist (bird scientist) who made seminal contributions to Indian ornithology through his fieldwork, books like "The Book of Indian Birds," and bird surveys. Horology is the study of time, entomology is insects, and parasitology is the study of parasites.

Open drainage system is a breeding place for flies and mosquitoes.

Scientists got the idea for streamlined designs from observing birds, which have evolved aerodynamic shapes to minimize air resistance during flight. This biomimicry inspired aircraft, cars, and ships to adopt streamlined shapes.

Ornithophily is the type of cross pollination performed by birds.

It is the pollination done by snails. The prominent examples are cobra plant, arisaema and some arum bulbs.