Union County Beekeepers Test || 100% Valid Answers.
How long has the NCSBA been in existence? correct answers NCSBA founded on January 11,
1917
Which is the largest state beekeeper's association in the USA? correct answers NCSBA
The NCSBA is a resource for information and camaraderie that will benefit both your
beekeeping experience and expertise. correct answers That was just a random piece of
information
It offers many programs that encourage your involvement, enjoyment, and
continued education. correct answers That was just a random piece of information
What are the various programs and opportunities supported by NCSBA? correct answers a. They
include the NC Zoo, NC State Fair, NCSBA Master Beekeeper
Program, Golden Achievement Program, Certified Honey Producer
Program, annual judged contests for hive products and more.
What is the difference between a hobbyist beekeeper, a sideliner; and a commercial operation?
correct answers a. Hobbyist - Interest, ecology, and recreation (10 hives or fewer)
b. Sideliner - Not primary income, but actively markets bee products (tens to low hundreds of
hives)
c. Commercial - Bees as a primary business, pollination, or commercial production of bee
products and bees (200+ hives, or moves bees across State lines)
What do commercial operations do throughout the year? correct answers Pollination and
commercial production of bee products and bees
How long has man been harvesting honey (and other products) from honeybees? correct answers
Antiquity (9000 BC)
When did honey bees arrive in the Americas? correct answers 1621
What are some of the various ways that they kept bees? correct answers Bee gums and skeps
Who is Rev. L.L. Langstroth and what is he most known for? correct answers Identified 'bee
space' and developed moveable frame hives
What is Bee Space? correct answers 3⁄8" wide between the frames
Who is A. I. Root? correct answers Involved in forming NCSBA
Who is Charles Dadant? correct answers Wrote "First lessons in Beekeeping"
,What inventions have modernized beekeeping? correct answers Langstroth Hive, Wax
Foundation and Frames, & Smoker
What major events occurred in the US that regulated or changed methods of beekeeping? correct
answers a. 1922 Honey Bee Act passed by Congress (Restricts importation of honey
bees into the US)
b. 1967 Buckfast Bees introduced to US (Italian/German stabilized hybrid,
resists tracheal mites)
c. 1984 Tracheal mites appear in the US
d. 1985 & 1990 Africanized honey bees migrate to US (Originated from
Brazil)
e. 1987 Varroa mites show up in the US
f. 1996 Small hive beetles (SHB) found in US
g. 1997 Russian honey bees introduced to US (Improved native resistance to
varroa mites)
h. 2004 Israeli Acute Paralysis introduced to US
i. 2006 Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) identified
What major events occurred in N.C. that regulated or changed methods of beekeeping? correct
answers a. 1973 The honey Bee was named the NC Official Insect
b. 1977 NC Bee and Honey Act
What is the primary importance of the honey bee? correct answers Pollination
What list of products is obtained from a bee hive? correct answers a. Beeswax, honey, pollen,
royal jelly, and venom
What are those products used for? correct answers a. Cosmetics, medicinally, and cooking
What are the various types of bees throughout the world? correct answers Western Honeybee,
Bumble bees, Squash bees, Blueberry bees, Leaf Cutter bee, Mason bee, and Carpenter bees
What are the races of bees that are kept and what are their characteristics? correct answers
(Supplemental Education Handout Top of Page 2)
a. German - (First honey bee to North America, not kept any longer)
b. Italian - (Most widely kept in the US, very good honey makers)
c. Carniolan - (Calm, early foragers, very good honey makers, tracheal mite
resistant)
d. Caucasian - (Calm, good honey makers, propolis stores)
e. Hybrids - (hygienic behavior, honey production, aggressiveness)
What makes an Africanized Bee different from the European (or "western") honey bee? correct
answers More likely to swarm or abscond and aggressive
What threats or difficulties do Africanized bees pose to the USA and NC? correct answers
Dangerous, defensive, and aggressive
, What can be done about Africanized honey bees? (NC response) correct answers a. Contact State
Inspector if a hive is unusually aggressive
b. Acquire queens through the NCSBA 'Born-N-Bred' program
c. Uncertified bees from out of state must be inspected
d. All Africanized bees should be destroyed - eliminate genetics
What is pollination? Be generally familiar with parts of a flower. correct answers Pollination is
the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma; it is
necessary for plants to reproduce by fruits, seeds, nuts etc.
How do bees differ from other insects in relation to pollination capabilities? correct answers a.
Flower fidelity/ consistency - bees work one species of flowers or plant at one time
b. Simple Flowers - easy access
What crops are dependent on honey bees for pollination? correct answers Apples, melons,
cranberries, pumpkins, squash, broccoli, almonds
What crops benefit from bee pollination, but do not require bees to set fruit? correct answers
Parthenocarpy crops (Bananas and pineapples)
What crops do not require bees at all to pollinate? correct answers Monoculture crops (Alfalfa,
cotton, corn, soybean, sugar cane, tobacco, and rice
What do bees forage for outside the hive? correct answers Water, Nectar, Pollen, Resins and
Saps
How do they transport what they forage for? correct answers a. Water - in honey stomach
b. Nectar- in honey stomach
c. Pollen - carried on their pollen baskets
d. Resins and Saps - carried on pollen baskets
Where are foraged items stored in the hive? correct answers a. Water - not stored, used to cool
hive by evaporation
b. Nectar - outer frames of hive and top arch of frames
c. Pollen - by the front door on the outer frames
d. Propolis - seal cracks and fill crevices
What changes, if any, do the bees make to the items they forage for? correct answers a. Bee
Bread - Mixture of pollen, nectar, saliva, and water used to feed developing larvae
b. Honey- Nectar is transferred to house bees which blow bubbles into the nectar and add
enzymes such as invertase and glucose oxidase to make it into honey.
c. Propolis - workers chew the resins, combine it with beeswax and stomach content depending
on how and where they want to use it.
What does nectar provide? correct answers energy
How long has the NCSBA been in existence? correct answers NCSBA founded on January 11,
1917
Which is the largest state beekeeper's association in the USA? correct answers NCSBA
The NCSBA is a resource for information and camaraderie that will benefit both your
beekeeping experience and expertise. correct answers That was just a random piece of
information
It offers many programs that encourage your involvement, enjoyment, and
continued education. correct answers That was just a random piece of information
What are the various programs and opportunities supported by NCSBA? correct answers a. They
include the NC Zoo, NC State Fair, NCSBA Master Beekeeper
Program, Golden Achievement Program, Certified Honey Producer
Program, annual judged contests for hive products and more.
What is the difference between a hobbyist beekeeper, a sideliner; and a commercial operation?
correct answers a. Hobbyist - Interest, ecology, and recreation (10 hives or fewer)
b. Sideliner - Not primary income, but actively markets bee products (tens to low hundreds of
hives)
c. Commercial - Bees as a primary business, pollination, or commercial production of bee
products and bees (200+ hives, or moves bees across State lines)
What do commercial operations do throughout the year? correct answers Pollination and
commercial production of bee products and bees
How long has man been harvesting honey (and other products) from honeybees? correct answers
Antiquity (9000 BC)
When did honey bees arrive in the Americas? correct answers 1621
What are some of the various ways that they kept bees? correct answers Bee gums and skeps
Who is Rev. L.L. Langstroth and what is he most known for? correct answers Identified 'bee
space' and developed moveable frame hives
What is Bee Space? correct answers 3⁄8" wide between the frames
Who is A. I. Root? correct answers Involved in forming NCSBA
Who is Charles Dadant? correct answers Wrote "First lessons in Beekeeping"
,What inventions have modernized beekeeping? correct answers Langstroth Hive, Wax
Foundation and Frames, & Smoker
What major events occurred in the US that regulated or changed methods of beekeeping? correct
answers a. 1922 Honey Bee Act passed by Congress (Restricts importation of honey
bees into the US)
b. 1967 Buckfast Bees introduced to US (Italian/German stabilized hybrid,
resists tracheal mites)
c. 1984 Tracheal mites appear in the US
d. 1985 & 1990 Africanized honey bees migrate to US (Originated from
Brazil)
e. 1987 Varroa mites show up in the US
f. 1996 Small hive beetles (SHB) found in US
g. 1997 Russian honey bees introduced to US (Improved native resistance to
varroa mites)
h. 2004 Israeli Acute Paralysis introduced to US
i. 2006 Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) identified
What major events occurred in N.C. that regulated or changed methods of beekeeping? correct
answers a. 1973 The honey Bee was named the NC Official Insect
b. 1977 NC Bee and Honey Act
What is the primary importance of the honey bee? correct answers Pollination
What list of products is obtained from a bee hive? correct answers a. Beeswax, honey, pollen,
royal jelly, and venom
What are those products used for? correct answers a. Cosmetics, medicinally, and cooking
What are the various types of bees throughout the world? correct answers Western Honeybee,
Bumble bees, Squash bees, Blueberry bees, Leaf Cutter bee, Mason bee, and Carpenter bees
What are the races of bees that are kept and what are their characteristics? correct answers
(Supplemental Education Handout Top of Page 2)
a. German - (First honey bee to North America, not kept any longer)
b. Italian - (Most widely kept in the US, very good honey makers)
c. Carniolan - (Calm, early foragers, very good honey makers, tracheal mite
resistant)
d. Caucasian - (Calm, good honey makers, propolis stores)
e. Hybrids - (hygienic behavior, honey production, aggressiveness)
What makes an Africanized Bee different from the European (or "western") honey bee? correct
answers More likely to swarm or abscond and aggressive
What threats or difficulties do Africanized bees pose to the USA and NC? correct answers
Dangerous, defensive, and aggressive
, What can be done about Africanized honey bees? (NC response) correct answers a. Contact State
Inspector if a hive is unusually aggressive
b. Acquire queens through the NCSBA 'Born-N-Bred' program
c. Uncertified bees from out of state must be inspected
d. All Africanized bees should be destroyed - eliminate genetics
What is pollination? Be generally familiar with parts of a flower. correct answers Pollination is
the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma; it is
necessary for plants to reproduce by fruits, seeds, nuts etc.
How do bees differ from other insects in relation to pollination capabilities? correct answers a.
Flower fidelity/ consistency - bees work one species of flowers or plant at one time
b. Simple Flowers - easy access
What crops are dependent on honey bees for pollination? correct answers Apples, melons,
cranberries, pumpkins, squash, broccoli, almonds
What crops benefit from bee pollination, but do not require bees to set fruit? correct answers
Parthenocarpy crops (Bananas and pineapples)
What crops do not require bees at all to pollinate? correct answers Monoculture crops (Alfalfa,
cotton, corn, soybean, sugar cane, tobacco, and rice
What do bees forage for outside the hive? correct answers Water, Nectar, Pollen, Resins and
Saps
How do they transport what they forage for? correct answers a. Water - in honey stomach
b. Nectar- in honey stomach
c. Pollen - carried on their pollen baskets
d. Resins and Saps - carried on pollen baskets
Where are foraged items stored in the hive? correct answers a. Water - not stored, used to cool
hive by evaporation
b. Nectar - outer frames of hive and top arch of frames
c. Pollen - by the front door on the outer frames
d. Propolis - seal cracks and fill crevices
What changes, if any, do the bees make to the items they forage for? correct answers a. Bee
Bread - Mixture of pollen, nectar, saliva, and water used to feed developing larvae
b. Honey- Nectar is transferred to house bees which blow bubbles into the nectar and add
enzymes such as invertase and glucose oxidase to make it into honey.
c. Propolis - workers chew the resins, combine it with beeswax and stomach content depending
on how and where they want to use it.
What does nectar provide? correct answers energy
