NCSBA BEEKEEPING STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
T/F Only Workers have wax glands. ANSW✅✅True
T/F The Worker produces wax when she is 12 to 16 days old. ANSW✅✅True
What is the Nasanov Gland? ANSW✅✅Scent glad on the abdomen to release pheromones.
Number of Castes? ANSW✅✅2
How many days until eggs hatch? ANSW✅✅3
How many days from egg to emergence does it take for a Worker Bee? ANSW✅✅21
How many days does it take from egg to emergence for a Drone Bee? ANSW✅✅24
How many days does it take from egg to emergence for a Queen Bee? ANSW✅✅16
How long does a queen bee live? ANSW✅✅Up to 5 years, but generally about 2.
How long does a drone bee usually live? ANSW✅✅About 35 days. If there are any left in the fall
they get kicked out or are killed off.
How long does a worker bee usually live? ANSW✅✅About 42 days in the summer. They forage
themselves to death. In the fall/winter they can live for several months.
T/F The egg is laid, larvae, pupa, and emergence from the cell. The "emergence" is called "Eclose."
ANSW✅✅True
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
T/F Only Workers have wax glands. ANSW✅✅True
T/F The Worker produces wax when she is 12 to 16 days old. ANSW✅✅True
What is the Nasanov Gland? ANSW✅✅Scent glad on the abdomen to release pheromones.
Number of Castes? ANSW✅✅2
How many days until eggs hatch? ANSW✅✅3
How many days from egg to emergence does it take for a Worker Bee? ANSW✅✅21
How many days does it take from egg to emergence for a Drone Bee? ANSW✅✅24
How many days does it take from egg to emergence for a Queen Bee? ANSW✅✅16
How long does a queen bee live? ANSW✅✅Up to 5 years, but generally about 2.
How long does a drone bee usually live? ANSW✅✅About 35 days. If there are any left in the fall
they get kicked out or are killed off.
How long does a worker bee usually live? ANSW✅✅About 42 days in the summer. They forage
themselves to death. In the fall/winter they can live for several months.
T/F The egg is laid, larvae, pupa, and emergence from the cell. The "emergence" is called "Eclose."
ANSW✅✅True
