NCSBA Certified Exam 2025– Questions With
Appropriate Solutions
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 (DWV) Correct Answer - Damaged,
deformed wings and appendages; sign of varroa mite infestation. 48
hr life expectancy; usually expelled from the hive.
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
Single or multiple eggs laid in an irregular pattern on the comb.
Correct Answer - laying workers
"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
Appropriate Solutions
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 (DWV) Correct Answer - Damaged,
deformed wings and appendages; sign of varroa mite infestation. 48
hr life expectancy; usually expelled from the hive.
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
Single or multiple eggs laid in an irregular pattern on the comb.
Correct Answer - laying workers
"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
