WAEC Agricultural Science Past Questions & Answers - Page 6

A pest of honeybees is a creature or organism that poses a threat or causes harm to honeybee colonies or individual honeybees. Among the options provided, the grasshopper is considered a pest of honeybees.

Pulp is a processed material derived from wood, whereas timber and fuelwood are directly harvested from forests, and mushrooms are fungi found in forest ecosystems.

Mixed farming is the farming system generally recommended for farm settlement schemes. Mixed farming involves the cultivation of different crops and the rearing of various livestock on the same farm. It is a diversified farming approach where farmers grow crops and raise animals simultaneously.

Encouraging afforestation in arid regions of West Africa is primarily done to serve as a windbreak and check desert encroachment mitigating the impact of desertification and protecting fertile lands from wind erosion.

Post-planting operations in a cocoa plantation include rogueing, stumping, and mulching. Rogueing involves removing plants that are diseased or not growing properly. Stumping is the process of cutting back the tree to a short stump to encourage new growth. Mulching involves covering the soil around the plants with organic material to conserve moisture, suppress weeds, and improve soil fertility.