Colonel Pulling Quiz

The Colonel Pulling Award quiz has been part of ABA lore for 40 years. It was included into the Colonel Pulling Award competition to encourage beekeepers to take a more detailed look at the technical / scientific side of beekeeping.

The tradition was that the quiz questions and answers were published in TAB in the months after the Colonel Pulling Award was held.

The transition to a web format has allowed us to present the 2025 edition of the quiz in an interactive format. Please note that the exact form of some questions had to be altered to allow a self-scoring, multiple choice format.

This quiz was prepared by Mike Allerton, ABA Vice President and Biosecurity Officer and Jacqueline Lea, ABA treasurer.