NC CERTIFIED BEEKEEPER TEST
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
The most significant field symptom of Colony Collapse Disorder is lack of dead adults but stored
reserves (honey) still present. ANSW✅✅true
Symptoms of AFB include ANSW✅✅Sticky or "ropey" larvae creating threads, when poked, up to
2.5 cm
Larvae are dead and turn yellow to brown
Cappings may appear greasy
A distinctive sulfurous odor,
European Foul Brood ANSW✅✅is caused by the bacterium Melissococcus plutonius. Like the AFB
bacterium, it is ingested by larvae and then competes for food with the larvae. If the bacterium wins
this battle then the larvae will die.
First recorded bees in NC ANSW✅✅1730
Bees were first brought to Virginia by ships from Europe in ANSW✅✅1622
Apis mellifera L. ANSW✅✅Honeybee
Moses Qunmby ANSW✅✅Father of commercial beekeeping and inventor of the smoker
First Wax Foundation was produced in ANSW✅✅1857
First Honey Extractor was constructed in ANSW✅✅1865
, Isle of Wright Disease ANSW✅✅appeared in 1904 - tiny parasitic mite - disease now called
Acarine Disease
Bees pollinate over _______ crops ANSW✅✅90
1 cell of pollen and 1 cell of nectar ANSW✅✅for 1 bee
1 pound of wax is equal to ____________ pounds of honey ANSW✅✅6
tracheal mite ANSW✅✅is an internal parasite, Acarapis wood, of honey bees and tend to attack
young bees of 3 days old or less
Large numbers of bees crawling at the entrance of the hive, unable to fly
Disorientated bees
Bees holding their wings at unusual angles (called "K wing")
Small Hive Beetle ANSW✅✅At its adult stage, the small hive beetle is 5-7mm (.1967 - .2756in)
long and has antennae resembling the head of a golf club. When they enter the hive, they are
usually found toward the back along the bottom board and sometimes along the frames and running
along the inner cover. The females lay their eggs in the protected nooks of the hive. Destroys the
honey.
Langstrom ANSW✅✅Father of modern beekeeping
1837
bee space
types of honeybees ANSW✅✅German black bee Apis mellifera meillifera
Italian bee Apis mellifera lugista
Caucasian bee
Carniolan bee
Russian bee
Caste of honeybees ANSW✅✅3 Caste - Queen, Workers, Drones
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
The most significant field symptom of Colony Collapse Disorder is lack of dead adults but stored
reserves (honey) still present. ANSW✅✅true
Symptoms of AFB include ANSW✅✅Sticky or "ropey" larvae creating threads, when poked, up to
2.5 cm
Larvae are dead and turn yellow to brown
Cappings may appear greasy
A distinctive sulfurous odor,
European Foul Brood ANSW✅✅is caused by the bacterium Melissococcus plutonius. Like the AFB
bacterium, it is ingested by larvae and then competes for food with the larvae. If the bacterium wins
this battle then the larvae will die.
First recorded bees in NC ANSW✅✅1730
Bees were first brought to Virginia by ships from Europe in ANSW✅✅1622
Apis mellifera L. ANSW✅✅Honeybee
Moses Qunmby ANSW✅✅Father of commercial beekeeping and inventor of the smoker
First Wax Foundation was produced in ANSW✅✅1857
First Honey Extractor was constructed in ANSW✅✅1865
, Isle of Wright Disease ANSW✅✅appeared in 1904 - tiny parasitic mite - disease now called
Acarine Disease
Bees pollinate over _______ crops ANSW✅✅90
1 cell of pollen and 1 cell of nectar ANSW✅✅for 1 bee
1 pound of wax is equal to ____________ pounds of honey ANSW✅✅6
tracheal mite ANSW✅✅is an internal parasite, Acarapis wood, of honey bees and tend to attack
young bees of 3 days old or less
Large numbers of bees crawling at the entrance of the hive, unable to fly
Disorientated bees
Bees holding their wings at unusual angles (called "K wing")
Small Hive Beetle ANSW✅✅At its adult stage, the small hive beetle is 5-7mm (.1967 - .2756in)
long and has antennae resembling the head of a golf club. When they enter the hive, they are
usually found toward the back along the bottom board and sometimes along the frames and running
along the inner cover. The females lay their eggs in the protected nooks of the hive. Destroys the
honey.
Langstrom ANSW✅✅Father of modern beekeeping
1837
bee space
types of honeybees ANSW✅✅German black bee Apis mellifera meillifera
Italian bee Apis mellifera lugista
Caucasian bee
Carniolan bee
Russian bee
Caste of honeybees ANSW✅✅3 Caste - Queen, Workers, Drones
