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NCSBA CERTIFIED EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS!!
NCSBA founding date - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ January
11, 1917
How long has man been harvesting honey (and other
products) from honeybees? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
15,000 years
Ways that bees used to be kept? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ Destruction of the whole hive, Huber movable
hive
Products obtained from a hive - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Honey, beeswax, pollen, propolis
Importance of honeybees - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Pollination of fruits and vegetables
What is bee space? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ The crawl
space that bees need to pass easily between two
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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 - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Discovered bee space
Charles Dadant - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ One of the
fathers of modern day beekeeping, made a type of
hive, American Bee Journal
When did bees arrive in America? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ 1622 in the colonies (white man's fly)
Queen egg to emergence - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 16
days
Number of eyes - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 5
Castes - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 2
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Deformed wing virus (DWV) - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Damaged, deformed wings and appendages; sign of
varroa mite infestation. 48 hr life expectancy; usually
expelled from the hive.
Absconding - ....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 - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
thorax
Single or multiple eggs laid in an irregular pattern on
the comb. - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ laying workers
"K-WING", although possibly an indication of Nosema
and also - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ tracheal mite
infestation
Four stages of honey bee development - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ egg, larvae, pupa, adult
Proboscis - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ The sucking part of a
honey bee's mouth
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Drone egg to emergence - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 24
days
Hemolymph - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Blood of a honey
bee
Worker egg to emergance - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 21
days
What is used to kill wax moths? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Para dichlorobenzene
Nasanov - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ A scent gland at the
end of a worker's abdomen that releases an orientation
pheromone
Italian bee - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Apis mellifera
ligustica, less defensive and less prone to disease than
their German counterparts, and they are excellent
honey producers. very lightly colored, ranging from a
light leather hue to an almost lemon yellow.
NCSBA CERTIFIED EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS WITH
100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS!!
NCSBA founding date - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ January
11, 1917
How long has man been harvesting honey (and other
products) from honeybees? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
15,000 years
Ways that bees used to be kept? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ Destruction of the whole hive, Huber movable
hive
Products obtained from a hive - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Honey, beeswax, pollen, propolis
Importance of honeybees - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Pollination of fruits and vegetables
What is bee space? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ The crawl
space that bees need to pass easily between two
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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 - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Discovered bee space
Charles Dadant - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ One of the
fathers of modern day beekeeping, made a type of
hive, American Bee Journal
When did bees arrive in America? - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ 1622 in the colonies (white man's fly)
Queen egg to emergence - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 16
days
Number of eyes - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 5
Castes - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 2
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Deformed wing virus (DWV) - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Damaged, deformed wings and appendages; sign of
varroa mite infestation. 48 hr life expectancy; usually
expelled from the hive.
Absconding - ....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 - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
thorax
Single or multiple eggs laid in an irregular pattern on
the comb. - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ laying workers
"K-WING", although possibly an indication of Nosema
and also - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ tracheal mite
infestation
Four stages of honey bee development - ....ANSWER
....✔✔ egg, larvae, pupa, adult
Proboscis - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ The sucking part of a
honey bee's mouth
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Drone egg to emergence - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 24
days
Hemolymph - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Blood of a honey
bee
Worker egg to emergance - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ 21
days
What is used to kill wax moths? - ....ANSWER ....✔✔
Para dichlorobenzene
Nasanov - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ A scent gland at the
end of a worker's abdomen that releases an orientation
pheromone
Italian bee - ....ANSWER ....✔✔ Apis mellifera
ligustica, less defensive and less prone to disease than
their German counterparts, and they are excellent
honey producers. very lightly colored, ranging from a
light leather hue to an almost lemon yellow.
