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NC CERTIFIED BEEKEEPER NEWEST EXAM 2025
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GUARANTEED PASS
This is an important pheromone released by worker bees that
helps returning forager bees find their way back to the colony.
Workers raise the abdomen and fan their wings as they release
this pheromone.
........answer.......Nasonov
Laying workers produce only drones. These drones have been
shown to be able to produce viable sperm and can inseminate
a virgin queen
........answer.......True
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Top supering means adding another super just above the
brood nest.
........answer.......False
In honey bees, the subgenal organ in the tibia of the worker
bee leg picks up sound as vibrations. What other structure in
the honey bee picks up sound? ........answer.......Johnston's
organ in pedicel of worker antennae
Bee PMS (Parasitic Mite Syndrome) is often a sign of poor bee
health. Symptoms include ........answer.......snot brood and
high mite numbers in colony
Which gland is source of sex attractant pheromone?
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........answer.......mandibular
A eusocial unit that includes a queen, many related
workers, and a population of drones is considered a
........answer.......a colony
Pollen provides a colony with its primary dietary source of
........answer.......Protein
Pollen is packed into cells and mixed with enzymes and honey
where it undergoes __ ........answer.......Fermentation
Pollen when fermented changes into what we term
........answer.......Bee
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Bread
What caste spends the shortest time to develop?
........answer.......Queen
Capping stage for a queen is ________ days in length
........answer.......7-8 days
This spring the weather was warm, then cold, then warm
again, then cold. With these fluctuating weather conditions,
beekeepers looking at brood might have noticed chilled brood.
Give two characteristics of dead brood that would lead to a
diagnosis of chilled brood:
NC CERTIFIED BEEKEEPER NEWEST EXAM 2025
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GUARANTEED PASS
This is an important pheromone released by worker bees that
helps returning forager bees find their way back to the colony.
Workers raise the abdomen and fan their wings as they release
this pheromone.
........answer.......Nasonov
Laying workers produce only drones. These drones have been
shown to be able to produce viable sperm and can inseminate
a virgin queen
........answer.......True
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Top supering means adding another super just above the
brood nest.
........answer.......False
In honey bees, the subgenal organ in the tibia of the worker
bee leg picks up sound as vibrations. What other structure in
the honey bee picks up sound? ........answer.......Johnston's
organ in pedicel of worker antennae
Bee PMS (Parasitic Mite Syndrome) is often a sign of poor bee
health. Symptoms include ........answer.......snot brood and
high mite numbers in colony
Which gland is source of sex attractant pheromone?
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........answer.......mandibular
A eusocial unit that includes a queen, many related
workers, and a population of drones is considered a
........answer.......a colony
Pollen provides a colony with its primary dietary source of
........answer.......Protein
Pollen is packed into cells and mixed with enzymes and honey
where it undergoes __ ........answer.......Fermentation
Pollen when fermented changes into what we term
........answer.......Bee
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Bread
What caste spends the shortest time to develop?
........answer.......Queen
Capping stage for a queen is ________ days in length
........answer.......7-8 days
This spring the weather was warm, then cold, then warm
again, then cold. With these fluctuating weather conditions,
beekeepers looking at brood might have noticed chilled brood.
Give two characteristics of dead brood that would lead to a
diagnosis of chilled brood:
