NCSBA Certified Exam Questions with 100% Correct and Verified Answers

NCSBA Certified Exam Questions with 100% Correct and Verified Answers NCSBA founding date - Correct Answer January 11, 1917" "How long has man been harvesting honey (and other products) from honeybees? - Correct Answer 15,000 years" "Ways that bees used to be kept? - Correct Answer Destruction of the whole hive, Huber movable hive" "Products obtained from a hive - Correct Answer Honey, beeswax, pollen, propolis" "Importance of honeybees - Correct Answer Pollination of fruits and vegetables" "What is bee space? - Correct Answer The crawl space that bees need to pass easily between two structures (3/8 inch is the ideal space). When the space between two surfaces in the hive is the right size (bee space), the bees will respect the space and leave it free as their passageway." "Langstroth importance - Correct Answer Discovered bee space" "Charles Dadant - Correct Answer One of the fathers of modern day beekeeping, made a type of hive, American Bee Journal" "When did bees arrive in America? - Correct Answer 1622 in the colonies (white man's fly)" "Queen egg to emergence - Correct Answer 16 days" "Number of eyes - Correct Answer 5" "Castes - Correct Answer 2" "Deformed wing virus - Correct Answer Sign of varroa mite infestation" "Absconding - Correct Answer When the total colony population leaves a hive; leaving no provision for a new queen, leaving behind brood & honey" "Locomotion sector of the bee - Correct Answer thorax" "Eggs laid multiply or singly in an irregular pattern in a cell are usually a sign of - Correct Answer laying workers" "Honey comb - Correct Answer hexagonal prismatic wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen." "Honey flow - Correct Answer one or more major nectar sources are in bloom and the weather is favorable for bees to fly and collect the nectar in abundance." "Supersedure cells - Correct Answer hanging off the middle of the frame, to replace the queen" "Swarm cell - Correct Answer built in preparation for swarming and are not intended to replace the queen, but to raise a second queen." "Integrated pest management - Correct Answer broad-based approach that integrates practices for economic control of pests. IPM aims to suppress pest populations below the economic injury level" "Chilled Brood - Correct Answer If there are not enough adult bees to warm the combs, the brood may die from cold temperature overnight" "Burr comb - Correct Answer when bees don't conform to bee space, they fill it." "Ideal hive location - Correct Answer sunny, SE, dry, some wind, water, away from walkways, but still have access" "Superorganism - Correct Answer social unit of eusocial animals, where division of labour is highly specialised and where individuals are not able to survive by themselves for extended periods." "Hypo pharyngeal gland - Correct Answer secretes royal jelly" "how many eggs does a queen lay a day? - Correct Answer 2,500 (up to 300,000)" ""K-WING", although possibly an indication of Nosema and also - Correct Answer tracheal mite infestation" "Four stages of honey bee development - Correct Answer egg, larvae, pupa, adult" "Proboscis - Correct Answer The sucking part of a honey bee's mouth" "Drone egg to emergence - Correct Answer 24 days" "Hemolymph - Correct Answer Blood of a honey bee" "Worker egg to emergance - Correct Answer 21 days" "What is used to kill wax moths? - Correct Answer Para dichlorobenzene" "Nasanov - Correct Answer A scent gland at the end of a worker's abdomen that releases an orientation pheromone" "Italian bee - Correct Answer Apis mellifera ligustica, less defensive and less prone to disease than their German counterparts, and they are excellent honey producers. very lightly colored, ranging from a light leather hue to an almost lemon yellow." "German bee - Correct Answer A. m. mellifera, hardy strain, able to survive long, cold winters, susceptible to brood diseases, very dark in color and tends to be very defensive, rare at this time" "Caucasian Bee - Correct Answer A. m. caucasica, use an excessive amount of propolis, docile" "African bee - Correct Answer Apis mellifera scutellata, aggressive, dominant" "How do bees pollinate? - Correct Answer When a bee collects nectar and pollen from the flower of a plant, some pollen from the stamens—the male reproductive organ of the flower—sticks to the hairs of her body. When she visits the next flower, some of this pollen is rubbed off onto the stigma, or tip of the pistil—the female reproductive organ of the flower. When this happens, fertilization is possible, and a fruit, carrying seeds, can develop." "Pollination - Correct Answer " "What crops are dependent on honey bees for pollination? - Correct Answer Alfalfa Apple Apricot Blackberry Blueberry Cherry Clovers Sweetclovers, white and yellow True clovers Alsike Ladino Red White Dutch Cranberry Cucumber Muskmelon, cantaloupe Nectarine Peach Pear Persimmon, native Plum, prune Pumpkin Raspberry Squash Sunflower Trefoil Watermelon" "Crops that benefit from pollination, but do not rely on pollination - Correct Answer Eggplant Grape Lespedeza Lima bean Okra Pepper Soybean Strawberry" "Crops that do not need bees/pollinators - Correct Answer All leafy greens • Brassicas: broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and kohlrabi • Below ground root veggies and tubers such as carrots, parsnips, salsify, potatoes, sweet potatoes, horseradish • Ground level root veggies such as beets, turnips, rutabagas • Most legumes including peas and beans • Corn—like other wind pollinated veggies, giving them a little shake helps distribute the pollen. • Herbs, like the lemon balm pictured • Celery • Onions and leeks" "Sideliner - Correct Answer A sideliner is a beekeeper who actively seeks profit from his or her beekeeping operation while preserving a different source of income at the same time." "Hobbyist - Correct Answer Hobbyist has survived his or her 2nd winter and typically has between 1 and 25 hives although some hobbyists have up to 50." "Commercial beekeeper - Correct Answer A commercial beekeeper typically has over 300 colonies and is engaged in beekeeping for a primary business purpose." "Parts of a honey bee - Correct Answer head, thorax, abdomen" "Head - Correct Answer major sensory region, eyes, antennae, sensory hairs, ingests and digests food" "How do bees sense? - Correct Answer visually in compound eye, olfactory via antennae, chewing and lapping with mandibles and proboscis" "Johnson's organ - Correct Answer flight speed" "Footprint galnds - Correct Answer orientation for workers, inhibition for queen" "Communication gland - Correct Answer mandibular gland, sting gland" "Dufour gland - Correct Answer defense and reproduction, nest recognition in other bees" "Three important hormones for molting process - Correct Answer PTTH, Ecdysone, Juvenile Hormone" "How long do drones live? - Correct Answer Until about fall, when they are ejected or kicked out of the hive by the worker bees in preparation for winter" "Brood comb - Correct Answer beeswax structure of cells where the queen bee lays eggs. kept in the bottom of a hive."