ethanol - 2025 ACF Nationals

Bonus

Exposure to this compound dramatically reduces bee secretions of tricosane and pentacosane and dramatically increases the odds that a worker will fail to return to the hive. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this compound. When honeybees are inadvertently exposed to this compound, it can cause them to favor the tremble dance over the waggle dance.

ANSWER: ethanol [or ethyl alcohol or EtOH; prompt on C2H6O; prompt on alcohol]

[10e] Bees can sometimes become drunk on naturally occurring ethanol from nectar while they facilitate this process by transferring plant gametes from flower to flower.

ANSWER: pollination [or pollenization; accept fertilization]

[10m] In addition to preventing exposure to ethanol, beekeepers must guard against infections of colonies by this vector for deformed wing virus. Infestation by this mite can result in colony collapse disorder.

ANSWER: varroa (“vuh-ROH-uh”) mite [or Varroa destructor]

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Conversion

Team	Opponent	Part 2	Part 3	Total	Parts
Arizona State	Texas	10	10	20	EM
Chicago A	Winona State	10	10	20	EM
Georgia State	UCF	10	0	10	E
Indiana	Florida	10	0	10	E
Johns Hopkins	Ohio State	10	10	20	EM
LSE	Ottawa	10	0	10	E
Minnesota	British Columbia	10	0	10	E
NYU	RIT	10	10	20	EM
North Carolina A	Harvard	10	10	20	EM
Rutgers	Illinois A	10	10	20	EM
Toronto A	Columbia B	10	10	20	EM
Toronto C	Penn State	10	10	20	EM
UC Berkeley A	Georgia Tech	10	0	10	E
UC Berkeley B	Northwestern	10	10	20	EM
Vanderbilt	Cornell A	10	0	10	E
Virginia Tech	Stanford	10	0	10	E
WUSTL B	Michigan	10	10	20	EM
Yale	Iowa State	10	10	20	EM

Summary

Tournament	Exact Match?	Heard	PPB	Easy %	Medium %	Hard %
2025 ACF Nationals	Yes	18	16.11	100%	61%	0%