NC CERTIFIED BEEKEEPER COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔true - ✔✔True/ False: If your colony has AFB you should probably destroy/ burn it
✔✔false - ✔✔True/ False: EFB is more dangerous than AFB because the bacteria
causes spores to form
✔✔A. Clover - ✔✔What is the largest honey source in the US?
A. clover
B. almonds
C. peaches
D. Wheat
✔✔D. Hygienic bees do all of these - ✔✔Which of these is true of hygienic bees?
A. they are disease resistant
B. they sometimes have spotty brood patterns from cleaning out infected cells
C. Good hygiene is a trait of VSH queens
D. Hygienic bees do all of these
✔✔D. Supersedure - ✔✔The process by which a colony replaces a failing queen is
referred to as...
A. swarming
B. queen replacement
C. queenrighting
D. supersedure
✔✔A. 3 days ago - ✔✔Seeing single eggs in the bottom of a cell in a brood box
confirms that the colony has had a queen as recently as.....
, A. 3 days ago
B. 5 days ago
C. 2 weeks ago
D. Workers can lay single eggs per cell too so you cannot know if this is a worker or
queen
✔✔D. All of these are true about pheromones - ✔✔Which of the following is true of
pheromones?
A. they are chemicals secreted by bees to stimulate different behaviors from other bees
B. they help the bees to communicate with each other
C. the queens pheromones control most of what happens in the hive D. All of these are
true about pheromones
✔✔D. on the abdomen of the bee. - ✔✔Where is the Nasonov gland?
A. On the head of the bee
B. Next to the stinger
C. Honey bees do not have this gland
D. On the abdomen of the bee
✔✔B. The mating sign - ✔✔What is the part of the male bee left inside the queen after
mating?
A. The bulbous plug
B. The mating sign
C. The penis
D. Nothing is left
✔✔C. All 3 pairs are on the thorax - ✔✔Where are the legs attached to the honey bee?
A. All 3 pairs are on the abdomen
B. 2 pairs are on the abdomen 1 is on the thorax
C. All 3 pairs are on the thorax
D. There is one pair on each segment
✔✔B. Feed on the developing bee inside the cell - ✔✔What is the first thing the adult
female varroa mite does when she enters a brood cell and it has been capped?
A. Lay an egg
B. Feed on the developing bee inside the cell
C. Drink the larval food left in the cell
D. Varroa mites do not enter the cell
✔✔A. SHB - ✔✔What problems could occur from hives being in too much shade?
EXAMS ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔true - ✔✔True/ False: If your colony has AFB you should probably destroy/ burn it
✔✔false - ✔✔True/ False: EFB is more dangerous than AFB because the bacteria
causes spores to form
✔✔A. Clover - ✔✔What is the largest honey source in the US?
A. clover
B. almonds
C. peaches
D. Wheat
✔✔D. Hygienic bees do all of these - ✔✔Which of these is true of hygienic bees?
A. they are disease resistant
B. they sometimes have spotty brood patterns from cleaning out infected cells
C. Good hygiene is a trait of VSH queens
D. Hygienic bees do all of these
✔✔D. Supersedure - ✔✔The process by which a colony replaces a failing queen is
referred to as...
A. swarming
B. queen replacement
C. queenrighting
D. supersedure
✔✔A. 3 days ago - ✔✔Seeing single eggs in the bottom of a cell in a brood box
confirms that the colony has had a queen as recently as.....
, A. 3 days ago
B. 5 days ago
C. 2 weeks ago
D. Workers can lay single eggs per cell too so you cannot know if this is a worker or
queen
✔✔D. All of these are true about pheromones - ✔✔Which of the following is true of
pheromones?
A. they are chemicals secreted by bees to stimulate different behaviors from other bees
B. they help the bees to communicate with each other
C. the queens pheromones control most of what happens in the hive D. All of these are
true about pheromones
✔✔D. on the abdomen of the bee. - ✔✔Where is the Nasonov gland?
A. On the head of the bee
B. Next to the stinger
C. Honey bees do not have this gland
D. On the abdomen of the bee
✔✔B. The mating sign - ✔✔What is the part of the male bee left inside the queen after
mating?
A. The bulbous plug
B. The mating sign
C. The penis
D. Nothing is left
✔✔C. All 3 pairs are on the thorax - ✔✔Where are the legs attached to the honey bee?
A. All 3 pairs are on the abdomen
B. 2 pairs are on the abdomen 1 is on the thorax
C. All 3 pairs are on the thorax
D. There is one pair on each segment
✔✔B. Feed on the developing bee inside the cell - ✔✔What is the first thing the adult
female varroa mite does when she enters a brood cell and it has been capped?
A. Lay an egg
B. Feed on the developing bee inside the cell
C. Drink the larval food left in the cell
D. Varroa mites do not enter the cell
✔✔A. SHB - ✔✔What problems could occur from hives being in too much shade?
