NC CERTIFIED BEEKEEPER CORRECT FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔. Pollination is the process of transfer of pollen grains from ________ to ______ -
✔✔anther to stigma
✔✔Some flowers need to be buzz pollinated - name two - ✔✔tomato, potato, blueberry,
cranberry
✔✔Hairless black syndrome is an adult bee virus infection; infected bees have reduced
body hairs, are greasy looking and often found trembling in front of the hive. - ✔✔True
✔✔Drone burr comb larvae is likely to be infested with varroa mites so it should be
removed, to help reduce mite population growth. - ✔✔True
✔✔Workers, but not drones or queen, have specialized body hairs, located on the front
pair of legs of the adult, termed an antennal cleaner. - ✔✔False all three have them
✔✔Langstroth's moveable-frame hive was based on his understanding of the distance
bees maintain between parallel combs to freely move within the nest. It is a space of -
✔✔1/4 to 3/8 called Bee Space
✔✔A colony is the social unit of bees while a bee hive is where the beekeeper colony
lives. - ✔✔True
✔✔Below 57 degrees, bees in a hive will begin to cluster. This is too cold a temperature
for the beekeeper to examine a colony. - ✔✔True
✔✔Honey bees are useful for commercial pollination of plants due largely to their
behavior of - ✔✔Flower Fidelity
, ✔✔Beeswax is an "expensive" metabolic product to produce because bees need
consume _____ pounds of honey to produce a pound of beeswax, - ✔✔7-9 lbs
✔✔Honey is the result of inversion of sugars and ______ of nectar: - ✔✔evaporation of
water
✔✔Supplemental feeding of bee colonies may be necessary - ✔✔during Spring and Fall
✔✔Bees can detect some sounds with - ✔✔antennae
✔✔AFB (American Foul brood) is caused by this type of pathogen - ✔✔bacteria
✔✔The most significant field symptom of Colony Collapse Disorder is lack of dead
adults but stored reserves (honey) still present. - ✔✔true
✔✔Symptoms of AFB include - ✔✔Sticky or "ropey" larvae creating threads, when
poked, up to 2.5 cm
Larvae are dead and turn yellow to brown
Cappings may appear greasy
A distinctive sulfurous odor,
✔✔European Foul Brood - ✔✔is caused by the bacterium Melissococcus plutonius. Like
the AFB bacterium, it is ingested by larvae and then competes for food with the larvae.
If the bacterium wins this battle then the larvae will die.
✔✔First recorded bees in NC - ✔✔1730
✔✔Bees were first brought to Virginia by ships from Europe in - ✔✔1622
✔✔Apis mellifera L. - ✔✔Honeybee
✔✔Moses Qunmby - ✔✔Father of commercial beekeeping and inventor of the smoker
✔✔First Wax Foundation was produced in - ✔✔1857
✔✔First Honey Extractor was constructed in - ✔✔1865
✔✔Isle of Wright Disease - ✔✔appeared in 1904 - tiny parasitic mite - disease now
called Acarine Disease
✔✔Bees pollinate over _______ crops - ✔✔90
✔✔1 cell of pollen and 1 cell of nectar - ✔✔for 1 bee
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔. Pollination is the process of transfer of pollen grains from ________ to ______ -
✔✔anther to stigma
✔✔Some flowers need to be buzz pollinated - name two - ✔✔tomato, potato, blueberry,
cranberry
✔✔Hairless black syndrome is an adult bee virus infection; infected bees have reduced
body hairs, are greasy looking and often found trembling in front of the hive. - ✔✔True
✔✔Drone burr comb larvae is likely to be infested with varroa mites so it should be
removed, to help reduce mite population growth. - ✔✔True
✔✔Workers, but not drones or queen, have specialized body hairs, located on the front
pair of legs of the adult, termed an antennal cleaner. - ✔✔False all three have them
✔✔Langstroth's moveable-frame hive was based on his understanding of the distance
bees maintain between parallel combs to freely move within the nest. It is a space of -
✔✔1/4 to 3/8 called Bee Space
✔✔A colony is the social unit of bees while a bee hive is where the beekeeper colony
lives. - ✔✔True
✔✔Below 57 degrees, bees in a hive will begin to cluster. This is too cold a temperature
for the beekeeper to examine a colony. - ✔✔True
✔✔Honey bees are useful for commercial pollination of plants due largely to their
behavior of - ✔✔Flower Fidelity
, ✔✔Beeswax is an "expensive" metabolic product to produce because bees need
consume _____ pounds of honey to produce a pound of beeswax, - ✔✔7-9 lbs
✔✔Honey is the result of inversion of sugars and ______ of nectar: - ✔✔evaporation of
water
✔✔Supplemental feeding of bee colonies may be necessary - ✔✔during Spring and Fall
✔✔Bees can detect some sounds with - ✔✔antennae
✔✔AFB (American Foul brood) is caused by this type of pathogen - ✔✔bacteria
✔✔The most significant field symptom of Colony Collapse Disorder is lack of dead
adults but stored reserves (honey) still present. - ✔✔true
✔✔Symptoms of AFB include - ✔✔Sticky or "ropey" larvae creating threads, when
poked, up to 2.5 cm
Larvae are dead and turn yellow to brown
Cappings may appear greasy
A distinctive sulfurous odor,
✔✔European Foul Brood - ✔✔is caused by the bacterium Melissococcus plutonius. Like
the AFB bacterium, it is ingested by larvae and then competes for food with the larvae.
If the bacterium wins this battle then the larvae will die.
✔✔First recorded bees in NC - ✔✔1730
✔✔Bees were first brought to Virginia by ships from Europe in - ✔✔1622
✔✔Apis mellifera L. - ✔✔Honeybee
✔✔Moses Qunmby - ✔✔Father of commercial beekeeping and inventor of the smoker
✔✔First Wax Foundation was produced in - ✔✔1857
✔✔First Honey Extractor was constructed in - ✔✔1865
✔✔Isle of Wright Disease - ✔✔appeared in 1904 - tiny parasitic mite - disease now
called Acarine Disease
✔✔Bees pollinate over _______ crops - ✔✔90
✔✔1 cell of pollen and 1 cell of nectar - ✔✔for 1 bee
