EVS 317 Beekeeping Exam 2025 (Actual Exam)
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While doing an inspection, you find a frame that has a lot going on. In
the photograph, there are two large cells. What are they? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------queen swarm cells
Voluntary U.S. honey grade standards are issued by the USDA under the
authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. According to these
standards, maximum percent moisture content for grade A honey is... --
-------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------18.6%
A type of bottled honey consisting of comb honey packaged in a jar
surrounded by extracted honey is called.... ---------CORRECT ANSWER----
-------------chunk honey
Propolis is... ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a sticky, resinous
material that bees collect from trees and plants.
,In the US, honey is sold by... ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
weight ( in pounds and grams )
What part of honey processing has no effect on its taste? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Bottling in plastic jars
In social insect colonies, the presence of two or more forms which
differ morphologically within the same sex is called... ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------a caste
How long has the NCSBA been in existence? ---------CORRECT ANSWER--
---------------January 11, 1917
How long has Man been harvesting honey/other products from
honeybees? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The earliest records
of humans eating honey (and wax), are believed to date back 10,000
years
, What are the various ways they kept bees? ---------CORRECT ANSWER---
--------------Woven baskets, clay pots, horizontally placed clay pipe
shaped hives, upside down straw basket( skep)
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.
Who is Rev. L.L. Langstroth, and what is he most known for? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth was an
American apiarist, clergyman and teacher, and considered to be the
father of American beekeeping. He created the modern day Langstroth
hive.
When did honeybees arrive in America? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------
----------1622
What major events occurred in NC regulated or changes methods of
Beekeeping? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Colony collapse
disorder, trachea mites, varrora mites
| Complete Questions and Correct Answers |
Latest Version | Graded A+ | Verified Answers
While doing an inspection, you find a frame that has a lot going on. In
the photograph, there are two large cells. What are they? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------queen swarm cells
Voluntary U.S. honey grade standards are issued by the USDA under the
authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. According to these
standards, maximum percent moisture content for grade A honey is... --
-------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------18.6%
A type of bottled honey consisting of comb honey packaged in a jar
surrounded by extracted honey is called.... ---------CORRECT ANSWER----
-------------chunk honey
Propolis is... ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------a sticky, resinous
material that bees collect from trees and plants.
,In the US, honey is sold by... ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
weight ( in pounds and grams )
What part of honey processing has no effect on its taste? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Bottling in plastic jars
In social insect colonies, the presence of two or more forms which
differ morphologically within the same sex is called... ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------a caste
How long has the NCSBA been in existence? ---------CORRECT ANSWER--
---------------January 11, 1917
How long has Man been harvesting honey/other products from
honeybees? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------The earliest records
of humans eating honey (and wax), are believed to date back 10,000
years
, What are the various ways they kept bees? ---------CORRECT ANSWER---
--------------Woven baskets, clay pots, horizontally placed clay pipe
shaped hives, upside down straw basket( skep)
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.
Who is Rev. L.L. Langstroth, and what is he most known for? ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth was an
American apiarist, clergyman and teacher, and considered to be the
father of American beekeeping. He created the modern day Langstroth
hive.
When did honeybees arrive in America? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-------
----------1622
What major events occurred in NC regulated or changes methods of
Beekeeping? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Colony collapse
disorder, trachea mites, varrora mites
