MASTER BEEKEEPER PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
THE QUESTION:
What is the technical term for these resting bees?
(sometimes used to describe "winter bees" )
• drosphilia bees
• diutinus bees
• clustering bees
• lazy bees
• vitellogenetic
True ANSW✅✅True or False?
One of the basic steps in the process of making honey-spread (Dyce method of creamed/whipped
honey) is the "pasteurization" to eliminate yeast.
False ANSW✅✅True or False?
Juvenile hormone levels decline as honey bee worker ages.
True ANSW✅✅True or False?
Male varroa mites are not parasitic.
False ANSW✅✅True or False?
The stigma is the male reproductive part of a plant and contains the filament which supports the
anther.
honey stomach (crop ) AND the ventriculus (mid-gut) ANSW✅✅Between what two organs is the
proventriculus (aka proventricular valve) located?
,It is "The Official Handbook & Directory of the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association Inc."
ANSW✅✅What is the NCSBA "Yellow Book"?
[ We are looking for a one sentence definition for the answer to this question ]
1.) DEFINITION ( 1 point ) of Flower Constancy or Fidelity is: The characteristic behavior of a foraging
honey bee to restrict foraging to a single flower species on a single foraging trip, or series of trips. 2.)
EFFECT: ( 2 points ) There are many possible effects the knowledge of this behavior could have on
successful pollination of a species of plant/crop performed by honey bees. a.) As long as the food
source remains available and attractive, the honey bee remains attached to a particular flower on
subsequent trips. If weather or other factors impact this availability, the forager tends not to forage,
being 'temporarily unemployed'. b.)Details of this behavior vary with the crop and can be important
particularly in hybrid seed production, or cross-variety pollination . An individual bee may forage
down a single row, or within a cultivar, because a distinctive odor or attractive pollen occurs in one
parental (pla ANSW✅✅1.) What is meant by "flower constancy", also referred to as "flower
fidelity"?
2.)The understanding of this effects both the home gardener as well as the commercial pollinator
beekeepers.
What effect does this have for beekeepers who intend to have their bees perform pollination of
specific crops?
1.) It frequently has a high mineral content
2.) it tends to crystallize very rapidly
3.) it is difficult to extract
4.) beekeepers report that colonies that over-winter on honeydew honey do not fare as well as
those that utilize other sources
5.) Bees prefer nectar over honeydew, and will not forage on honeydew if there is nectar forage
available to them
6.) Bees gather the honeydew, bring it back to the hive to ripen just as they would nectar or sugar
water ANSW✅✅What can you tell us about Honeydew honey?
1. ) Spiracles are the external openings of the trachea.
2. ) They are located on the sides of the thorax AND abdomen.
3 .) They connect to the system of internal tubes, called trachea, and are used to move air into and
out of the honey bee. ANSW✅✅1. What are SPIRACLES ?
2. WHERE are spiracles located on a honey bee?
3. FUNCTION: What is the purpose of spiracles; what do they "do"?
, False ANSW✅✅True or False?
Sucrose is the primary ingredient found in nectar ( by volume / quantity )
False ANSW✅✅True or False?
The stigma is the male reproductive part of a plant and contains the filament which supports the
anther.
True ANSW✅✅True or False?
Corn offers only pollen - and is available for the bees to forage upon only in the morning.
False ANSW✅✅True or False?
It takes only one trip by a single pollen-laden bee to successfully pollinate apples or cucumbers,
which will result in a developed marketable fruit.
False ANSW✅✅True or False?
Venom from various stinging insects are basically the same.
Therefore, if you are allergic to one, you will probably be allergic to all of them.
True ANSW✅✅True or False?
Vitellogenin is an important storage protein and is found in high concentrations in nurse bees and
winter bees.
larva is susceptible to AFB spores for approximately 53 hours ANSW✅✅7. Which of the following
is true concerning AFB ( American Foulbrood )
• A major diagnostic symptom of AFB is the appearance of deformed wings on emerging bees
• AFB usually kills colonies within just a few weeks after initial infection
• larva is susceptible to AFB spores for approximately 53 hours
• AFB spores can be eradicated from a colony by an application of fluvalinate.
Allergic reaction is a SYSTEMIC allergic reaction that occurs at body location AWAY from the sting
site. Local reaction is a reaction that occurs AT the sting site. ANSW✅✅Concerning bee sting
allergy....
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
THE QUESTION:
What is the technical term for these resting bees?
(sometimes used to describe "winter bees" )
• drosphilia bees
• diutinus bees
• clustering bees
• lazy bees
• vitellogenetic
True ANSW✅✅True or False?
One of the basic steps in the process of making honey-spread (Dyce method of creamed/whipped
honey) is the "pasteurization" to eliminate yeast.
False ANSW✅✅True or False?
Juvenile hormone levels decline as honey bee worker ages.
True ANSW✅✅True or False?
Male varroa mites are not parasitic.
False ANSW✅✅True or False?
The stigma is the male reproductive part of a plant and contains the filament which supports the
anther.
honey stomach (crop ) AND the ventriculus (mid-gut) ANSW✅✅Between what two organs is the
proventriculus (aka proventricular valve) located?
,It is "The Official Handbook & Directory of the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association Inc."
ANSW✅✅What is the NCSBA "Yellow Book"?
[ We are looking for a one sentence definition for the answer to this question ]
1.) DEFINITION ( 1 point ) of Flower Constancy or Fidelity is: The characteristic behavior of a foraging
honey bee to restrict foraging to a single flower species on a single foraging trip, or series of trips. 2.)
EFFECT: ( 2 points ) There are many possible effects the knowledge of this behavior could have on
successful pollination of a species of plant/crop performed by honey bees. a.) As long as the food
source remains available and attractive, the honey bee remains attached to a particular flower on
subsequent trips. If weather or other factors impact this availability, the forager tends not to forage,
being 'temporarily unemployed'. b.)Details of this behavior vary with the crop and can be important
particularly in hybrid seed production, or cross-variety pollination . An individual bee may forage
down a single row, or within a cultivar, because a distinctive odor or attractive pollen occurs in one
parental (pla ANSW✅✅1.) What is meant by "flower constancy", also referred to as "flower
fidelity"?
2.)The understanding of this effects both the home gardener as well as the commercial pollinator
beekeepers.
What effect does this have for beekeepers who intend to have their bees perform pollination of
specific crops?
1.) It frequently has a high mineral content
2.) it tends to crystallize very rapidly
3.) it is difficult to extract
4.) beekeepers report that colonies that over-winter on honeydew honey do not fare as well as
those that utilize other sources
5.) Bees prefer nectar over honeydew, and will not forage on honeydew if there is nectar forage
available to them
6.) Bees gather the honeydew, bring it back to the hive to ripen just as they would nectar or sugar
water ANSW✅✅What can you tell us about Honeydew honey?
1. ) Spiracles are the external openings of the trachea.
2. ) They are located on the sides of the thorax AND abdomen.
3 .) They connect to the system of internal tubes, called trachea, and are used to move air into and
out of the honey bee. ANSW✅✅1. What are SPIRACLES ?
2. WHERE are spiracles located on a honey bee?
3. FUNCTION: What is the purpose of spiracles; what do they "do"?
, False ANSW✅✅True or False?
Sucrose is the primary ingredient found in nectar ( by volume / quantity )
False ANSW✅✅True or False?
The stigma is the male reproductive part of a plant and contains the filament which supports the
anther.
True ANSW✅✅True or False?
Corn offers only pollen - and is available for the bees to forage upon only in the morning.
False ANSW✅✅True or False?
It takes only one trip by a single pollen-laden bee to successfully pollinate apples or cucumbers,
which will result in a developed marketable fruit.
False ANSW✅✅True or False?
Venom from various stinging insects are basically the same.
Therefore, if you are allergic to one, you will probably be allergic to all of them.
True ANSW✅✅True or False?
Vitellogenin is an important storage protein and is found in high concentrations in nurse bees and
winter bees.
larva is susceptible to AFB spores for approximately 53 hours ANSW✅✅7. Which of the following
is true concerning AFB ( American Foulbrood )
• A major diagnostic symptom of AFB is the appearance of deformed wings on emerging bees
• AFB usually kills colonies within just a few weeks after initial infection
• larva is susceptible to AFB spores for approximately 53 hours
• AFB spores can be eradicated from a colony by an application of fluvalinate.
Allergic reaction is a SYSTEMIC allergic reaction that occurs at body location AWAY from the sting
site. Local reaction is a reaction that occurs AT the sting site. ANSW✅✅Concerning bee sting
allergy....
