JOURNEYMAN NCSBA QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
How many chromosomes do Queens and Workers have? ANSW✅✅16 pairs (32 total)
How many chromosomes do Haploid Drones have? ANSW✅✅16
How man chromosomes do Diploid Drones have? ANSW✅✅16 pairs (32 total) [they are killed in
the larval stage by the workers]
Define the term "Superorganism." ANSW✅✅A social unit of eusocial
animals, where division of labor is highly specialized and where individuals are not able to survive by
themselves for extended periods.
What are Super Sisters? ANSW✅✅Two bees that share the same father and share 75% identical
DNA.
How do AHB usurp EHB hives? ANSW✅✅They can invade EHB colonies and replace resident
queens with the swarm's African queen. Nest usurpation causes loss of European matrilines as well
as patrilines.
What is the pupation time for Small Hive Beetle? ANSW✅✅3-6 weeks.
What was the 1922 Congress Act? ANSW✅✅Stopped importation of honey bees from outside
America.
What was the 1977 NC Honey Act? ANSW✅✅Law preventing counties/cities from imposing
ordinance prohibiting people from owning 5 or fewer hives.
What is a negative effect of feeding pollen late in the fall? ANSW✅✅Delays the "switching" to
Winter Bees.
What are the "4 Pyramid Levels" of IPM starting at the bottom? ANSW✅✅1) Cultural
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
How many chromosomes do Queens and Workers have? ANSW✅✅16 pairs (32 total)
How many chromosomes do Haploid Drones have? ANSW✅✅16
How man chromosomes do Diploid Drones have? ANSW✅✅16 pairs (32 total) [they are killed in
the larval stage by the workers]
Define the term "Superorganism." ANSW✅✅A social unit of eusocial
animals, where division of labor is highly specialized and where individuals are not able to survive by
themselves for extended periods.
What are Super Sisters? ANSW✅✅Two bees that share the same father and share 75% identical
DNA.
How do AHB usurp EHB hives? ANSW✅✅They can invade EHB colonies and replace resident
queens with the swarm's African queen. Nest usurpation causes loss of European matrilines as well
as patrilines.
What is the pupation time for Small Hive Beetle? ANSW✅✅3-6 weeks.
What was the 1922 Congress Act? ANSW✅✅Stopped importation of honey bees from outside
America.
What was the 1977 NC Honey Act? ANSW✅✅Law preventing counties/cities from imposing
ordinance prohibiting people from owning 5 or fewer hives.
What is a negative effect of feeding pollen late in the fall? ANSW✅✅Delays the "switching" to
Winter Bees.
What are the "4 Pyramid Levels" of IPM starting at the bottom? ANSW✅✅1) Cultural
